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- wan (adj.) O.E. wann "dark, lacking luster," later "leaden, pale, gray," of uncertain origin, and not found in other Germanic languages. The connecting notion is colorlessness. Perhaps related to WANE (Cf. wane).
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wan — wan1 [wän] adj. wanner, wannest [ME < OE wann, dark] 1. sickly pale; pallid [a wan complexion] 2. faint or weak in a way suggestive of sickness or great weariness, sadness, etc. [a wan smile] 3. pale, dim, faint, etc. [a wan light] … English World dictionary
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WAN — WAN, das; [s], s, selten [Kurzwort für engl. Wide Area Network]: räumlich [über die gesamte Erde] ausgedehntes Computernetzwerk. * * * WAN [Abk. für Wide Area Network, dt … Universal-Lexikon
WAN — [wæn] noun [countable] COMPUTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS wide area network; an arrangement in which computers in different areas or buildings are connected to each other and users in different places can look at and work on the same information: • The … Financial and business terms
