EAN

Proper noun

EAN

Initialism of European Article Numbering: a barcode symbology whose main variant, EAN-13, encodes thirteen digits, differing from UPC-A in that three of the digits in the left half are reversed so as to encode an additional digit.

Anagrams

• -ane, ANE, NAE, NEA

Etymology

Verb

ean (third-person singular simple present eans, present participle eaning, simple past and past participle eaned)

(transitive, obsolete) To bring forth young; to yean.

Anagrams

• -ane, ANE, NAE, NEA

Source: Wiktionary


Ean, v. t. & i. Etym: [AS. eánian. See Yean.]

Definition: To bring forth, as young; to yean. "In eaning time." Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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