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s.l.a.n.

s.l.a.n. adjective: without place, year, and name of publisher or printer.

Adjective

s.l.a.n.

  1. (library science) without place, year, and name of publisher or printer

Origin of s.l.a.n.

Latin sine loco, anno et nomine (“without place, year and name”); probably a simplification of s. l. a. et typ. n. which stands for sine loco, anno et typographi nomine (“without place, year and printer's name”)

Questions about s.l.a.n.

What does s.l.a.n. mean?
S.l.a.n. means without place, year, and name of publisher or printer.
What part of speech is s.l.a.n.?
S.l.a.n. is an adjective.

Words near s.l.a.n. in the dictionary

  1. S.F.P.D.
  2. S.F.X.
  3. S.I.
  4. S.J.
  5. S.J.D.
  6. s.l.a.n.
  7. S.M.A.R.T.
  8. s.o.
  9. S.O.L.
  10. S.O.P.
  11. S.O.P.s

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