NDE
NDE is the initialism of near-death experience.
NDE is the initialism of nondestructive evaluation.
Meaning of near-death experience
Noun
near-death experience (plural near-death experiences)
- A sensation of detachment from one's body, the presence of a tunnel of light, the apparent viewing of one's own body from on high, and similar manifestations, experienced by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function.
- Everybody has the same story of the near-death experience—my entire life flashed in front of me, the white light and all that—but no one really knows it.1995 November 26, Laura Mansnerus, quoting Timothy Leary, “At Death's Door, the Message Is Tune In, Turn On, Drop In”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
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- NDE
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Forms of NDE
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Questions about NDE
- What is NDE the initialism of?
- NDE is the initialism of near-death experience.
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