Pan 310551 225654734 2008-07-14T19:24:48Z 81.5.16.83 /* Title */ {{wiktionarypar|pan|pan-|Pan|PAN}} '''Pan''' and '''panning''' can have many meanings as listed below in various categories. '''''Pan-''''' as a [[prefix]] is derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] παν which means 'of everything', 'all' or 'involving all members' of a group. ====Title==== * An honorary title of nobles now a customary term of respect in everyday Polish communication as: ''Pani, Panna, Pan, (Panicz)<!-- today obsolete-->, Państwo ''. [[Cognate]] with [[ban (title)|Ban]]. Pan is also a Ukrainian and Czech [[honorific]], roughly equivalent to "Lord", "Sir" or "Mr.". ====Cooking, food and drink==== * Pan, a type of [[cookware and bakeware]] ** [[Frying pan]] * [[Paan|Pan]], a popular Indian snack * [[Pan pivo]], a Croatian lager beer *''See also: [[Pan-bagnat]], [[pancake]]'' ====Music==== * Pan, short for [[steelpan]], an acoustic instrument * ''[[Pan (The Blue Hearts)]]'', an album by the Japanese band The Blue Hearts * Pan, a Filipino rock band; see [[Yano#History|Yano]] * ''Pan'', an opera by [[Carl Venth]] * [[Pan pipes]], a musical instrument * [[Panning (audio)]], placement of a sound source in a stereo field *[[Pan's People]], a British dance troupe on Top of the pops ====Sciences==== * PAN, an abbreviation of [[Polish Academy of Science]] * ''[[Chimpanzee|Pan]]'', a genus of apes composed of the Common Chimpanzee and the Bonobo * [[Pan (geology)]], a shallow depression holding a [[playa]], [[salt lake]] or related feature * [[4450 Pan]], an asteroid * [[Pan crater]], on Jupiter's moon Amalthea * [[Pan (moon)]], a moon of Saturn * "''Pan-''" (formal) and "pan-" (informal), hyphenated prefixes recommended in the draft ''[[PhyloCode]]'' for names of total groups * Pan, an informal name for the moon Jupiter XI (now [[Carme (moon)|Carme]]) from 1955 to 1975 ====Electronics and photography==== * [[Panning (camera)]], a movement of a film or video camera (rotating on a vertical axis) * [[Pan and scan]], technique for reproducing wide-screen films on narrow TV screens. * [[Panning (antenna systems)]], in [[antenna (electronics)|antenna]] systems, successively changing the azimuth of a beam of radio-frequency energy over the elements of a given horizontal region. * [[Panning (audio)]], the spread of a monaural signal in a stereo or multi-channel sound field. * [[Panchromatic]] black-and-white film. ====Religion and Mythology==== * Pan-, meaning "all" is incorporated into several religious systems: **[[Pantheism]] **[[Pandeism]] **[[Panentheism]] **[[Theopanism]] * [[Pan (mythology)]], the god of nature in Greek mythology ** [[Panflute]] ====Arts==== * [[Peter Pan]], a character in a novel by James Barrie * [[Pan (Dragon Ball)]], a fictional character from the anime, ''[[Dragon Ball Z]]'' * [[Pan (novel)|''Pan'' (novel)]], by Knut Hamsun * [[Pan (magazine)|''Pan'']] an arts and literary review (magazine) * [[Pan Books]], a publishing imprint of Macmillan Publishers * ''[[Pan's Labyrinth]], a film by Guillermo Del Toro * [[Pan (film)|''Pan'' (film)]], a 1922 Norwegian film * [[Pan (game)]], a [[Jackie Chan]] originated game ====Others==== * [[Pan (newsreader)]], newsreader software for Usenet * [[Pan, Greece]], a village in north-west Arcadia * [[Pan Club Copenhagen]], Club in Copenhagen for homosexual people * [[Pan (surname)]], Chinese family name (潘 or 盤) * Pan, WC [[bowl]]. * Pan, also spelled [[Paan]], a North Indian term for Betel, often mixed with tobacco and Lime for chewing * [[Pan-pan]], a radio distress call * Panning for gold, a simple [[placer mining]] technique * [[Panguingue|Pan or Panguingue]], a gambling card game ==Acronym== The acronym '''PAN''' can refer to: * The ISO 639-3 code for the [[Punjabi language]] * [[Personal area network]], a computer network used close to one person * [[PAN Parks|Protected Area Network]], a network of national parks in the remaining wilderness areas of Europe * [[Permanent account number]], India's national identification number for taxpayers * [[Primary Account Number]], another name for a [[Credit card#Credit card numbering|credit card]] number * [[Polyacrylonitrile]], polymer * [[1-(2-Pyridylazo)-2-naphthol]], a chemical indicator often used for determining manganese * [[Peroxyacyl nitrates]], irritants found in smog * [[Polyarteritis nodosa]], a vasculitic condition * Protect Arizona Now, a political committee behind [[Arizona Proposition 200 (2004)#Protect Arizona Now|Arizona Proposition 200 (2004)]] * [[Planning Advice Note]], Town Planning guidance, Produced By the Scottish Executive used in conjunction with the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act * Panama's official [[ISO 3166-1 alpha-3]] abbreviation * The [[Polish Academy of Sciences]] (Polish: ''Polska Akademia Nauk'', abbreviated ''PAN'') * [[Presbyterians Aiding Nicaraguans]] * [[Proto-Austronesian language]] * [[Public Address Network]], a new media collective with a daily vlog * [[Unidentified Aerospace Phenomenon]] in French i.e. Phénomène aérospatial non identifié * [[National Action Party (Mexico)|Mexico's]] and [[National Action Party (El Salvador)|El Salvador's]] National Action Party ===Names of political parties=== * [[National Action Party (El Salvador)]] (''Partido Acción Nacional'') of El Salvador * [[National Action Party (Mexico)]] (''Partido Acción Nacional'') of Mexico * [[National Advancement Party]] (''Partido de Avanzada Nacional'') of Guatemala * [[National Mandate Party]] (''Partai Amanat Nasional'') of Indonesia * [[Party of the Nation's Retirees]] (''Partido dos Aposentados da Nação'') of Brazil ===Other uses=== * [[Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico]] (''Programa de Asistencia Nutricional''), a United States Federal assistance program for nutritional needs of impoverished families in Puerto Rico {{disambig}} [[als:PAN]] [[cs:Pan]] [[cy:Pan (gwahaniaethu)]] [[da:Pan (flertydig)]] [[de:Pan]] [[es:PAN]] [[es:Pan (desambiguación)]] [[eo:PAN]] [[eu:PAN]] [[fr:PAN]] [[gl:Pan]] [[he:PAN]] [[hr:Pan]] [[it:PAN]] [[ja:PAN]] [[ksh:PAN (Watt ėßß datt?)]] [[nl:PAN]] [[no:Pan]] [[nn:Pan (fleirtyding)]] [[nds:Pan]] [[la:Pan]] [[lb:Pan]] [[lt:Panas]] [[pl:Pan (ujednoznacznienie)]] [[pt:PAN]] [[ro:Pan (dezambiguizare)]] [[ru:Пан]] [[simple:Pan]] [[tr:Pan]] [[fi:Pan (täsmennyssivu)]]