"CAN" meaning in English

See CAN in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Abbreviation Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} CAN
  1. (computing, manufacturing, automotive) Abbreviation of Controller Area Network., ISO standards 11898, 11898-1, 11898-2, and its predecessor standards. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Controller Area Network (extra: ISO standards 11898, 11898-1, 11898-2, and its predecessor standards) Categories (topical): Automotive, Computing, Manufacturing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: From Spanish CAN. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|CAN}} Spanish CAN Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} CAN
  1. (initialism) The Andean Community of Nations. Tags: initialism Translations (Andean Community): CAN (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-CAN-en-name-GOJVwnIN Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 7 22 26 4 4 6 4 7 12 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: CANs [plural]
Etymology: Abbreviation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} CAN (countable and uncountable, plural CANs)
  1. (inorganic chemistry, uncountable) ceric ammonium nitrate Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Inorganic compounds
    Sense id: en-CAN-en-noun-lmGsGfcM Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 7 22 26 4 4 6 4 7 12 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 14 29 4 4 7 5 7 14 9 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 15 34 8 6 7 5 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 9 48 4 4 11 8 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 18 40 5 5 9 7 9 Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (computing, manufacturing, automotive, countable) Abbreviation of controller area network. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable Alternative form of: controller area network Categories (topical): Automotive, Computing, Manufacturing
  3. (computing, countable) Initialism of campus area network. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: campus area network Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-CAN-en-noun-sLyon0-4 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  4. (South Africa, countable) Acronym of community action network. Tags: South-Africa, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable Alternative form of: community action network
    Sense id: en-CAN-en-noun-Oy13xC6P Categories (other): South African English
  5. Initialism of consistent and asymptotically normal, a statistic estimator Tₙ(X₁, X₂, ..., Xₙ) is CAN (consistent and asymptotically normal) if .... Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: consistent and asymptotically normal (extra: a statistic estimator Tₙ(X₁, X₂, ..., Xₙ) is CAN (consistent and asymptotically normal) if ....)
    Sense id: en-CAN-en-noun-s~YdGLQp
  6. (Australia, countable) Acronym of court attendance notice. Tags: Australia, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable Alternative form of: court attendance notice
    Sense id: en-CAN-en-noun--2p1l0r5 Categories (other): Australian English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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        "(Australia, countable) Acronym of court attendance notice."
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}

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    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Spanish translations"
  ],
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    }
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        "The Andean Community of Nations."
      ],
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      ],
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        "(initialism) The Andean Community of Nations."
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    }
  ],
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    "CAN"
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}

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