Lawn

lawn
    n 1: a field of cultivated and mowed grass
    

Lawn \Lawn\, n. [Earlier laune lynen, i. e., lawn linen; prob.
   from the town Laon in France.]
   A very fine linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric with a rather
   open texture. Lawn is used for the sleeves of a bishop's
   official dress in the English Church, and, figuratively,
   stands for the office itself.
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         A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn. --Pope.
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Lawn \Lawn\ (l[add]n), n. [OE. laund, launde, F. lande heath,
   moor; of Celtic origin; cf. W. llan an open, clear place,
   llawnt a smooth rising hill, lawn, Armor. lann or lan
   territory, country, lann a prickly plant, pl. lannou heath,
   moor.]
   1. An open space between woods. --Milton.
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            "Orchard lawns and bowery hollows."   --Tennyson.
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   2. Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered
      with grass kept closely mown.
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   {Lawn mower}, a machine for clipping the short grass of
      lawns.

   {Lawn tennis}, a variety of the game of tennis, played in the
      open air, sometimes upon a lawn, instead of in a tennis
      court. See {Tennis}.
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wireless local area network
LAWN
WiLAN
WLAN

   <networking> (WLAN /W-lan/, or "LAWN" /lorn/, sometimes
   "WiLAN" /wi-lan/) A communication system that transmits and
   receives data using modulated electromagnetic waves,
   implemented as an extension to, or as an alternative for, a
   {wired} {LAN}.  WLANs are typically found within a small
   {client} {node}-dense locale (e.g. a campus or office
   building), or anywhere a traditional network cannot be
   deployed for logistical reasons.

   Benefits include user mobility in the coverage area, speed and
   simplicity of physical setup, and {scalability}.  Being a
   military spin-off, WLANs also provide security features such
   as {encryption}, {frequency hopping}, and {firewalls}.  Some
   of these are intrinsic to the {protocol}, making WLANs at
   least as secure as wired networks, and usually more so.  The
   drawbacks are high initial cost (mostly {hardware}), limited
   range, possibility of mutual interference, amd the need to
   security-enable clients.

   The established protocols are covered by IEEE 802.11
   (http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/).  Recent developments
   include the Bluetooth project and other WPAN, or Personal
   Area Network initiatives, accessible through IEEE 802.15
   working group (http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/15/).

   Wireless Lan Association (http://wlana.org/).

   Usenet newsgroups: news:comp.dcom.lans.misc,
   news:comp.std.wireless.

   (2003-09-23)
    

LAWN
       Local Area Wireless Network
       
    

Lawn, TX (town, FIPS 41872)
  Location: 32.13623 N, 99.74997 W
  Population (1990): 358 (159 housing units)
  Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 79530
    

Lawn, TX -- U.S. town in Texas
   Population (2000):    353
   Housing Units (2000): 162
   Land area (2000):     0.564349 sq. miles (1.461656 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.564349 sq. miles (1.461656 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            41872
   Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
   Location:             32.135405 N, 99.748066 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     79530
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Lawn, TX
    Lawn
    

18 Moby Thesaurus words for "lawn":
      Astroturf, artificial turf, bowling green, common, fairway,
      golf course, golf links, grassplot, green, greensward, greenyard,
      grounds, park, putting green, sod, sward, turf, village green