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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

nice
     adj 1: pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance;
            "what a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so
            nasty"- George Meredith; "nice manners"; "a nice
            dress"; "a nice face"; "a nice day"; "had a nice time
            at the party"; "the corn and tomatoes are nice today"
            [ant: nasty]
     2: socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous;
        "from a decent family"; "a nice girl" [syn: decent]
     3: done with delicacy and skill; "a nice bit of craft"; "a job
        requiring nice measurements with a micrometer"; "a nice
        shot" [syn: skillful]
     4: excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about
        his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would
        only touch the toilet handle with his elbow" [syn: dainty,
         overnice, prissy, squeamish]
     5: noting distinctions with nicety; "a discriminating interior
        designer"; "a nice sense of color"; "a nice point in the
        argument" [syn: discriminate]
     6: exhibiting courtesy and politeness; "a nice gesture" [syn: courteous,
         gracious]
     n : a city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the
         leading resort on the French Riviera [syn: Nice]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Nice \Nice\, a. [Compar. Nicer; superl. Nicest.] [OE.,
   foolish, fr. OF. nice ignorant, fool, fr. L. nescius
   ignorant; ne not + scius knowing, scire to know. perhaps
   influenced by E. nesh delicate, soft. See No, and
   Science.]
   1. Foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; also, weak; effeminate.
      [Obs.] --Gower.

            But say that we ben wise and nothing nice.
                                                  --Chaucer.

   2. Of trifling moment; nimportant; trivial. [Obs.]

            The letter was not nice, but full of charge Of dear
            import.                               --Shak.

   3. Overscrupulous or exacting; hard to please or satisfy;
      fastidious in small matters.

            Curious not knowing, not exact but nice. --Pope.

            And to taste Think not I shall be nice. --Milton.

   4. Delicate; refined; dainty; pure.

            Dear love, continue nice and chaste.  --Donne.

            A nice and subtile happiness.         --Milton.

   5. Apprehending slight differences or delicate distinctions;
      distinguishing accurately or minutely; carefully
      discriminating; as, a nice taste or judgment. ``Our author
      happy in a judge so nice.'' --Pope. ``Nice verbal
      criticism.'' --Coleridge.

   6. Done or made with careful labor; suited to excite
      admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great
      skill; exact; fine; finished; as, nice proportions, nice
      workmanship, a nice application; exactly or fastidiously
      discriminated; requiring close discrimination; as, a nice
      point of law, a nice distinction in philosophy.

            The difference is too nice Where ends the virtue, or
            begins the vice.                      --Pope.

   7. Pleasing; agreeable; gratifying; delightful; good; as, a
      nice party; a nice excursion; a nice person; a nice day; a
      nice sauce, etc. [Loosely & Colloquially]

   To make nice of, to be scrupulous about. [Obs.] --Shak.

   Syn: Dainty; delicate; exquisite; fine; accurate; exact;
        correct; precise; particular; scrupulous; punctilious;
        fastidious; squeamish; finical; effeminate; silly.

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10) 

NICE

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Source: V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms December 2001 

NICE
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Source: U.S. Gazetteer (1990) 

Nice, CA (CDP, FIPS 51294)
  Location: 39.12528 N, 122.85051 W
  Population (1990): 2126 (1315 housing units)
  Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 95464