SAN
(chemistry) Acronym of styrene-acrylonitrile resin.
(computing) Acronym of Storage Area Network.
(computing) Acronym of System Area Network.
(organic compound) Acronym of styrene-acrylonitrile or sytrene acrylonitrile copolymer.
(biology) Acronym of sinoatrial node.
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San pl (plural only)
Any of the foraging non-Bantu ethnic groups of southwestern Africa.
• Bushmen
• San is the plural form, used for the group collectively. Individuals are referred to as "a San man", "a San woman" etc, although when referring to individuals, reference to their specific nation is preferable (as in, "a ǃKung man" etc.).
• San became popular in 1970s western anthropology as a politically correct replacement for "Bushmen", which was perceived as outdated. However, it turned out that San was a derogatory term for "foragers" used by the pastoralist Khoikhoi, while "Bushman" carried no derogatory connotations, so that experts who had been in actual contact with the group recommended the continued use of "Bushmen" (Henry Harpending). By the 2000s, it was reported that San had mostly lost its derogatory connotations in South Africa and was partly embraced as self-designation, while it continued to be perceived as an insult in parts of the central Kalahari in Namibia.
San
A river in southeastern Poland and western Ukraine.
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san (plural sans)
A letter of the Archaic Greek alphabet (uppercase Ϻ, lowercase ϻ) that came after pi and before qoppa.
san (plural sans)
(dated, informal) A sanatorium.
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SAn (plural SAns)
Abbreviation of South African.
• ANS, NAS, NAs, NSA, SNA, ans, ans.
Source: Wiktionary
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
