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wan
(wŏn)adj. wan·ner, wan·nest
1. Unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress.
2. Suggestive or indicative of weariness, illness, or unhappiness; melancholy: a wan expression.
intr.v. wanned, wan·ning, wans
To become pale.
[Middle English, pale, gloomy, from Old English wann, gloomy, dark.]
wan′ly adv.
wan′ness n.
WAN
(wăn)n.
A communications network that uses such devices as telephone lines, satellite dishes, or radio waves to span a larger geographic area than can be covered by a LAN.
[w(ide) a(rea) n(etwork).]
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