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EAN¹
proper noun
- 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.
- Acronym of enriched air nitrox
Ean²
Where it comes from
From Manx Ean, an equivalent of John.
proper noun
- A male given name from Manx. Survived by daughter Stevi Lischin (Robert Smith), sons Brian (Diana) and Jeffrey (Diane Savona), brother Eugene Adler, grandchildren Ean, Joe, Elyssa and Mahlon.
ean³
Where it comes from
From Middle English enen, from Old English ēanian (“to yean, bring forth young, bring forth lambs”), from Proto-West Germanic *aunōn, from Proto-Germanic *aunōną (“to bring forth lambs”).
An alternate etymology derives the Old English word from a corruption of Old English ēacnian (“to add, increase, be enlarged, be augmented, become pregnant, conceive, bring forth, produce”), from ēacen (“increased, augmented”), from ēaca (“an addition, increase, eeking”), from Proto-Germanic *aukô (“increase”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to increase”). More at eke.
verb eans · eaning · eaned
- To bring forth young; to yean. That I was shipp'd at sea, I well remember, Even on my eaning time; but whether there Deliver'd, by the holy gods, I cannot rightly say.
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title = {ean},
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