Definition of Fen

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fen
n. wet land, swamp, marsh

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FEN Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

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fen

Noun
1. 100 fen equal 1 yuan
(hypernym) Chinese monetary unit
(part-holonym) jiao
2. low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "the fens of eastern England"
(synonym) marsh, marshland, fenland
(hypernym) wetland

Shakespeare Words
fen
swamp or marsh

Lexicon of Thieves' Cant
Fen
a prostitute

hEnglish - advanced version
fen

fen
\fen\ (?), n. [as. fen, fenn, marsh, mud, dirt; akin to d. veen, ofries. fenne, fene, ohg. fenna, g. fenn, icel. fen, goth. fani mud.] low land overflowed, or covered wholly or partially with water, but producing sedge, coarse grasses, or other aquatic plants; boggy land; moor; marsh. 'mid reedy fens wide spread.
note: fen is used adjectively with the sense of belonging to, or of the nature of, a fen or fens.
fen
boat, a boat of light draught used in marshes.
fen
duck (zo?l.), a wild duck inhabiting fens; the shoveler. [prov. eng.]
fen
fowl (zo?l.), any water fowl that frequent fens.
fen
goose (zo?l.), the graylag goose of europe. [prov. eng.]
fen
land, swamp land.
fen
n
1. 100 fen equal 1 yuan
2. low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water [syn: marsh, marshland]


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  similar words(3) 




 fen orchis 
 fen goose 
 fen orchid 

JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Cors
Cors = n. a bog, a quag; a fen

Corshwyad
Corshwyad = n. a fen duck


FEN Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries

EPA Terms of Environment
Fen
A type of wetland that accumulates peat deposits. Fens are less acidic than bogs, deriving most of their water from groundwater rich in calcium and magnesium. (See: wetlands.)

Environmental Engineering (English ver.)
Fen
A type of wetland that accumulates peat deposits. Fens are less acidic than bogs, deriving most of their water from groundwater rich in calcium and magnesium. (See: wetlands .)


FEN Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries

English to Federation-Standard Golic Vulcan
Fen
map


FEN Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries

Physical Geography Terms and Meanings
Fen
A habitat composed of woodland and swamp.


FEN Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries

Chess Terminology
FEN
Forsyth-Edwards Notation is a standard for describing chess positions using the ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) character set. It is intended as a standard position notation for chess programmers, for page layout programs, and for confirming position status for e-mail competition. Six FEN fields specify the piece placement, the active color, the castling availability, the en passant target square, the halfmove clock, and the fullmove number. The first four fields of the FEN specification are the same as the first four fields of the closely related EPD specification. Like FEN, EPD can also be used for general position description. However, unlike EPD, FEN is not as expandable. FEN provides no means to add new operations that provide new functionality as needs arise. A text file composed exclusively of FEN data records should have a file name with ".fen" as the suffix. More information can be found at this site.


FEN Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Fen
This article is about the wetland. For other uses, see Fen (disambiguation)

A fen is a type of wetland fed by surface and/or groundwater. The flora of fens is characterized by their water chemistry. Fens are often confused with bogs, which are fed primarily by rainwater and often inhabited by certain sphagnum moss, making them acidic.


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Forsyth-Edwards Notation
Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN) is a standard notation for describing a particular board position of a Chess game. The purpose of FEN notation is to provide all the necessary information to restart a game from a particular position.

FEN is based on a system developed by the Scottish newspaper journalist, David Forsyth. Forsyth's system became popular in the 19th century; Steven J. Edwards extended it to support use by computers. FEN is an integral part of the Portable Game Notation for chess games, since FEN is used to define initial positions other than the standard one. FEN does not represent sufficient information to decide on draws by threefold repetition; for that, a different format such as Extended Position Description is needed.


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