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as⋅pen

  [as-puhn]
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–noun
1. any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen), of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to the aspen.
3. trembling or quivering, like the leaves of the aspen.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME aspen (adj.), OE æspen; c. OFris espen (adj.), espenbeam, MD espenboom, OHG espîn (adj.). See asp 2 , -en 2
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As⋅pen

  [as-puhn]
–noun
a town in central Colorado: ski resort. 3678.
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as·pen   (ās'pən)   
n.  Any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves attached by flattened leafstalks so that they flutter readily in the wind.
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to one of these trees.

  2. Shivering or trembling like the leaves of one of these trees.


[Middle English aspe, from Old English æspe.]
As·pen   (ās'pən)   
A city of west-central Colorado in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains. Founded c. 1879 by silver prospectors, it is now a fashionable ski resort. Population: 5,730.
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Word Origin & History

aspen 
c.1386, from adj. or gen. form of O.E. æspe "aspen tree, white poplar," from P.Gmc. *aspo (cf. O.N. ösp, M.Du. espe, O.H.G. aspa, Ger. Espe), from PIE *apsa "aspen" (cf. Lith. opuse). The current form i Eng. probably arose from phrases such as aspen leaf, aspen bark.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

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)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
ASPEN
American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
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