Synonyms: wide area network, WAN
Definition: a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network
Similar words: computer network
Definition: (computer science) a network of computers
Synonyms: wan
Definition: become pale and sickly
Similar words: sicken, come down
Definition: get sick
Usage: She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital
Synonyms: wan
Definition: lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness
Usage: a wan smile
Similar words: unanimated
Definition: not animated or enlivened; dull
Definition: abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress
Usage: the pallid face of the invalid; her wan face suddenly flushed
Similar words: colorless, colourless
Definition: weak in color; not colorful
Synonyms: pale, pallid, wan, sick
Definition: (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
Usage: the pale light of a half moon; a pale sun; the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street; a pallid sky; the pale (or wan) stars; the wan light of dawn