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Relationships Broader Term:  container n. ~ 1. A short cylindrical metal or plastic container. - 2. Cinematography, Photography · Such a container used to store film, roughly the height and width of t [..]
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The three-character ISO 3166 country code for CANADA.
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Controller Area Network. The CAN protocol is an international standard defined by ISO 11898.
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"to put up in cans," 1860, from can (n.1). Sense of "to fire an employee" is from 1905. Related: Canned; canning.
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Old English canne "a cup, container," from Proto-Germanic *kanna (source also of Old Saxon, Old Norse, Swedish kanna, Middle Dutch kanne, Dutch kan, Old High German channa, German Kanne). Pr [..]
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Old English 1st & 3rd person singular present indicative of cunnan "know, have power to, be able," (also "to have carnal knowledge"), from Proto-Germanic *kunnan "to be me [..]
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/kən/ /ˈkæn/ verb past tense could /kəd/ /ˈkʊd/ present tense for both singular and plural can negative cannot /ˈkænɑt/ /kəˈnɑːt/ Brit /ˈkænət/ or can't /ˈkænt/ Brit /ˈkɑːnt/ 1 can /kən/ /ˈkæ [..]
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Cooperative Agreement Notice. This kind of call results in a cooperative agreement (as opposed to a grant or contract) which might be used to develop a research institute, an extensive educational/pub [..]
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The Andean Community (CAN) is a subregional organization endowed with an international legal status, which is made up of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. The main objectives of the Ande [..]
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(also "jar") another term for the hole or cup Example: Knock that thing in the can/jar and let's get out of here.
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airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc. preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty" displace: terminate the employment of; discharge f [..]
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Comunidad Andina (Spanish for Andean Community)
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In slang, to hole a putt. CAP
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The hole. The cup. The place to put your putts. When you sink a putt, you canned
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In slang, to hole a putt.
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In slang, to hole a putt.
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Cancer Advocacy Network
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a small airtight metal container for food or liquids. The same word also means to be able to do something
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Abbreviation for cancel character.
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vt. To abort a job on a time-sharing system. Used esp. when the person doing the deed is an operator, as in "canned from the {console}". Frequently used in an imperative sense, as in "C [..]
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An acronym for the Cult Awareness Network.   Canon: The Canon of Scripture in Christianity refers to the set of books selected from among the books of the Hebrew Scriptures, the dozens of gospels, and [..]
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 to know, be skillful in.
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("in the can") refers to the round metal/plastic container that holds or stores film (reels) for transport or for long-term storage; a film that has been completed is known colloquia [..]
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(1) Acronym for campus-area network. An interconnection of local-area networks within a limited geographical space, such as a school campus or a military base. (2) See controller area network.
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Commonwealth Assistance Notice
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See Campus Area Network
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See: film can.
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An acronym for Campus Area Network. CAN is a network which involves interconnectivity between buildings in a set geographic area, such as a campus, major hospital, large corporate enterprise, industrial park, or other such non-public access environment.
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Controller Area Network.
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A principal module of a shield microtunneling or tunnel-boring machine (TBM). Trailing cans may be used to faciliate steering. It may also be referred to as a trailing tube.
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A method of preserving Jamaican food by hermetically sealing it in glass containers. The use of special canning jars and lids is essential for successful canning. The canning process involves quickly heating jars of Jamaican food to high temperatures, thereby retaining maximum color, flavor and nutrients while destroying the microorganisms that cau [..]
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(n) airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.(n) the quantity contained in a can(n) a buoy with a round bottom and conical top(n) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit o [..]
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 - Slang for an overhead transformer.
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Controller Area Network
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Common numbering system used to identify courses which are often required as lower division preparation for majors. The courses are taught at many colleges with each specific campus using their own un [..]
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Common Account Number
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A type of navigational buoy often a vertical drum, but if not, always square in silhouette.
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Common slang expression meaning to be blamed for the acts or faults of another. The expression may have arisen from the custom in some dockyards of employing a boy to fetch beer from a local public ho [..]
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short for tincan; a destroyer. Also a can-shaped buoy that marks the left side of the channel when entering port from seaward.
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A type of navigational buoy often a vertical drum, but if not, always square in silhouette colored either green or black. In channel marking its use is opposite that of a "nun buoy".
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(1) Short for TINCAN. (2) In radio parlance, headphones.
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a type of navigation buoy, the above-water portion of which is in the shape of a cylinder. View a downloadable and printable US Coast Guard brochure about buoys and other aids to navigation.
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The submarine's storage batteries; when "the can is empty," the batteries must be recharged; "filling the can" means recharging the batteries.
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Cast nylon film (see Nylon). Used mostly for thermoformable packaging applications.
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Center Area NOTAM
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Common Area Network
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Controller Area Network
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 – C
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Cast nylon film. Used mostly for thermoformable packaging applications.
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to know, be skillful in
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Jail
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Controller Area Network, a robust serial communication bus standard popular in automotive and industrial applications.
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Controller Area Network. The CAN protocol is an ISO standard (ISO 11898) for serial data communication. Originally developed for automotive applications, CAN has gained widespread use in industrial automation and mobile machines as well.
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Controller Area Network. The CAN protocol is an ISO standard (ISO 11898) for serial data communication. Originally developed for automotive applications, CAN has gained widespread use in industrial automation and mobile machines as well. The CAN standard includes a physical layer and a data-link layer which defines a few different message types, ar [..]
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CAN (Controller–area network) is a vehicle bus standard designed to allow microcontrollers and devices to communicate with each other within a vehicle without a host computer. See also
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The Andean Community (CAN) is a subregional organization endowed with an international legal status, which is made up of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. The main objectives of the Ande [..]
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bathroom
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(modal auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to. * Reginald Pecock (15th c.) *: Clerks which can write books. (She can speak English, French, and German.   I can play f [..]
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which means "the spirit", "heart", "life", "vitality".
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The three-character ISO 3166 country code for CANADA.
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Means "soul, life" or by extension "darling, sweetheart" in Turkish, from Persian جان (jan).
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