WAN (w n)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).] |
wan (w n)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. |
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