Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a field of cultivated and mowed grass;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lawn \Lawn\, n. [Earlier laune lynen, i. e., lawn linen; prob.
from the town Laon in France.]
A very fine linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric with a rather
open texture. Lawn is used for the sleeves of a bishop's
official dress in the English Church, and, figuratively,
stands for the office itself.
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A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn. --Pope.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lawn \Lawn\ (l[add]n), n. [OE. laund, launde, F. lande heath,
moor; of Celtic origin; cf. W. llan an open, clear place,
llawnt a smooth rising hill, lawn, Armor. lann or lan
territory, country, lann a prickly plant, pl. lannou heath,
moor.]
1. An open space between woods. --Milton.
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"Orchard lawns and bowery hollows." --Tennyson.
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2. Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered
with grass kept closely mown.
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Lawn mower, a machine for clipping the short grass of
lawns.
Lawn tennis, a variety of the game of tennis, played in the
open air, sometimes upon a lawn, instead of in a tennis
court. See Tennis.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lawn
n 1: a field of cultivated and mowed grass
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
wireless local area network
LAWN
WiLAN
WLAN
(WLAN /W-lan/, or "LAWN" /lorn/, sometimes
"WiLAN" /wi-lan/) A communication system that transmits and
receives data using modulated electromagnetic waves,
implemented as an extension to, or as an alternative for, a
wired LAN. WLANs are typically found within a small
client node-dense locale (e.g. a campus or office
building), or anywhere a traditional network cannot be
deployed for logistical reasons.
Benefits include user mobility in the coverage area, speed and
simplicity of physical setup, and scalability. Being a
military spin-off, WLANs also provide security features such
as encryption, frequency hopping, and firewalls. Some
of these are intrinsic to the protocol, making WLANs at
least as secure as wired networks, and usually more so. The
drawbacks are high initial cost (mostly hardware), limited
range, possibility of mutual interference, amd the need to
security-enable clients.
The established protocols are covered by IEEE 802.11
(http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/). Recent developments
include the Bluetooth project and other WPAN, or Personal
Area Network initiatives, accessible through IEEE 802.15
working group (http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/15/).
Wireless Lan Association (http://wlana.org/).
Usenet newsgroups: news:comp.dcom.lans.misc,
news:comp.std.wireless.
(2003-09-23)