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aspen

 

  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Aspen  \Asp"en\  ([a^]s"p[e^]n),  a. 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  the  aspen,  or  resembling  it  made  of 
  aspen  wood. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Aspen  \Asp"en\  ([a^]s"p[e^]n),  Asp  \Asp\  ([.a]sp),  n.  [AS. 
  [ae]sp,  [ae]ps;  akin  to  OHG.  aspa,  Icel.  ["o]sp,  Dan.  [ae]sp, 
  Sw  asp,  D.  esp,  G.  espe,  ["a]spe,  aspe;  cf  Lettish  apsa, 
  Lith.  apuszis.]  (Bot.) 
  One  of  several  species  of  poplar  bearing  this  name 
  especially  the  {Populus  tremula},  so  called  from  the 
  trembling  of  its  leaves,  which  move  with  the  slightest 
  impulse  of  the  air. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  aspen 
  adj  :  made  of  wood  of  the  aspen  tree 
  n  :  any  of  several  trees  of  the  genus  Populus  having  leaves  on 
  flattened  stalks  so  that  they  flutter  in  the  lightest 
  wind 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Aspen,  CO  (city,  FIPS  3620) 
  Location:  39.19455  N,  106.82685  W 
  Population  (1990):  5049  (4004  housing  units) 
  Area:  5.2  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  81611 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  ASPEN 
 
    A  {toy  language}  for  teaching  {compiler} 
  construction. 
 
  ["ASPEN  Language  Specifications",  T.R.  Wilcox,  SIGPLAN  Notices 
  12(11):70-87,  Nov  1977]. 
 
  (1994-11-30) 
 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  ASPEN 
  Automatic  System  for  Performance  Evaluation  of  the  Network




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