aspen

7 definitions found

aspen - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Aspen \Asp"en\ ([a^]s"p[e^]n), Asp \Asp\ ([.a]sp), n. [AS.
     [ae]sp, [ae]ps; akin to OHG. aspa, Icel. ["o]sp, Dan. [ae]sp,
     Sw. asp, D. esp, G. espe, [aum]spe, aspe; cf. Lettish apsa,
     Lith. apuszis.] (Bot.)
     One of several species of poplar bearing this name,
     especially the Populus tremula, so called from the
     trembling of its leaves, which move with the slightest
     impulse of the air.
     [1913 Webster]

  Aspen \Asp"en\ ([a^]s"p[e^]n), a.
     Of or pertaining to the aspen, or resembling it; made of
     aspen wood.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Nor aspen leaves confess the gentlest breeze. --Gay.
     [1913 Webster]

aspen - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  aspen
      n 1: any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on
           flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind

aspen - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  ASPEN
  
     <language> A toy language for teaching compiler
     construction.
  
     ["ASPEN Language Specifications", T.R. Wilcox, SIGPLAN Notices
     12(11):70-87, Nov 1977].
  
     (1994-11-30)
  

aspen - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  ASPEN
         Automatic System for Performance Evaluation of the Network
         

aspen - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Aspen, CO (city, FIPS 3620)
    Location: 39.19455 N, 106.82685 W
    Population (1990): 5049 (4004 housing units)
    Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 81611

aspen - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "aspen":
     chattering, palsied, quaking, quavering, quavery, quivering,
     quivery, shaking, shaky, shivering, shivery, shuddering,
     succussatory, succussive, trembling, trembly, tremulous, vibrating,
     wobbly