Korean slang profile
NEAR
near
Unmanned asteroid probe name
An abbreviation referring, in the source, to 지구 근점 소행성 랑데부, the name of an unmanned asteroid probe.
- Expanded form
- 지구 근점 소행성 랑데부지구 근점 소행성 랑데부 (near-Earth asteroid rendezvous)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 28, 2001
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
NEAR 탐사선을 소개한 과학 기사를 읽었다.
I read a science article introducing the NEAR probe.
02Documented history
- 2001The 국립국어연구원’s 『2001년 신어』 lists the spelling and meaning of “NEAR”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The source pairs “NEAR” with the Korean name “지구 근점 소행성 랑데부 (near-Earth asteroid rendezvous)”. The full English expansion and time of first use could not be verified from this source alone.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The definitions in the body of the 2001 collection were compared. The collection also includes previously used words absent from dictionaries. The original older articles re-quoted there were not separately opened, and neither the first use date nor the extent of spread at the time was verified. The pairing of the Korean corresponding name and abbreviation was checked; a guessed English expansion was not supplied.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2001년 신어 — 신어 목록 243쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 28, 2001Original source checked Nov 15, 2026