Pan

Meaning

1. A pond or lake, considered as the expanse of land upon which the water sits.
2. The workhouse in St Pancras, London.
3. An expanse of level land located in a depression, especially
4. Greek god of nature, often visualized as half goat and half man playing pipes.
5. A dry lake or playa, especially a salt flat.
6. An inner moon of the planet Saturn, notable for its equatorial ridge.
7. Abbreviation of Proto-Austronesian.
8. Acronym of primary account number.
9. Initialism of peroxyacetyl nitrate.
10. A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.
11. A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.
12. To beat one's opposition convincingly.
13. To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to harshly criticize, especially a work (book, movie, etc.)
14. A surname.
15. A leaf of gold or silver.
16. To spread a sound signal into a new stereo or multichannel sound field, typically giving the impression that it is moving across the sound stage.
17. Clipping of pantograph.
18. Initialism of phenylacetonitrile.
19. Pansexual or panromantic.
20. Initialism of polyacrylonitrile.
21. To join or fit together; to unite.
22. A suburb of Newport, Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5088).
23. The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
24. A sequence in a film in which the camera pans over an area.
25. (of a camera) To turn horizontally.
26. A part; a portion.
27. A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.
28. Ellipsis of Peter Pan.
29. Acronym of personal area network.
30. (of a sound) To move in the multichannel sound field.
31. To turn out well; to be successful.
32. Alternative form of paan.
33. To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
34. To move the camera lens angle while continuing to expose the film, enabling a contiguous view and enrichment of context. In still-photography large-group portraits the film usually remains on a horizontal fixed plane as the lens and/or the film holder moves to expose the film laterally. The resulting image may extend a short distance laterally or as great as 360° from the point where the film first began to be exposed.
35. The contents of such a receptacle.
36. A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
37. To shift an image relative to the display window without changing the viewing scale.

Etymology / origin

From Middle English Pan, from Latin Pān, from Ancient Greek Πάν (Pán).

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