Pan or PAN may refer to:

Prefix

* ''Pan-'', a

prefix A prefix is an affix which is placed before the Word stem, stem of a word. Adding it to the beginning of one word changes it into another word. For example, when the prefix ''un-'' is added to the word ''happy'', it creates the word ''unhappy'' ...

from the Greek πᾶν, ''pan'', meaning "all", "of everything", or "involving all members" of a group ** , most but not all using the prefix

People

* Pan (surname), Chinese family name (潘 or 盤) *

Pan Ron Pen Ran ( km, ប៉ែន រ៉ន, ), (c. 1944 – c. 1979) also commonly known as Pan Ron in some Romanized sources intended for English-speaking audiences, was a Cambodian singer and songwriter who was at the height of her popularity in th ...

, Cambodian singer * Panchan Rina, Japanese kickboxer

Arts, entertainment, and media

Card games

Pan (game) Pan is a card game of Poland, Polish origin, using a small French-suited playing cards, French pack (cards from 9 to A are used). Whoever gets rid of their cards first wins the game but one can play only cards of higher or equal value than the one ...

, a shedding card game of Polish origin * Panguingue or Pan, a gambling card game

Fictional characters

* Pan (''Dragon Ball''), in ''Dragon Ball'' media * Peter Pan, James Barrie's "boy who never grew up"

Films

* ''Pan'' (1922 film), Norwegian * ''Pan'' (1995 film), 1995 Danish/Norwegian/German * ''Pan'' (2015 film), a 2015 American Peter Pan prequel story

Literature and publishing

* ''Pan'' (novel), by Knut Hamsun * ''Pan'' (magazine) an arts and literary review * Pan Books, a publisher

Music

Musical instruments

* Pan, short for steelpan, an acoustic instrument * Pan flute or pan pipes, a musical instrument

Groups and labels

* Pan (band), a Filipino folk/punk rock band *

PAN (record label) PAN is a Berlin-based record label founded in 2008 by Bill Kouligas. The label is known for its interdisciplinary approach to the fields of contemporary art and music, and has collaborated with institutions such as London's ICA. PAN has signed ...

, a record label and art platform * Pan, a Turkish band which performed "

Bana Bana Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989. The country was represented by a music group named Pan with the song "Bana Bana" written and composed by the Timur Selçuk. Before Eurovision 13. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye F ...

" at the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest

Titled works

* ''Pan'' (The Blue Hearts), an album by the Japanese band * ''Pan'', an opera by Carl Venth

Sculpture

* ''Pan'' (Riccio), a 1510s bronze sculpture by Andrea Riccio * ''Pan'' (White), a public artwork by Roger White, in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.

Religion and mythology

Pan (god) In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology, Pan (; grc, wikt:Πάν, Πάν, Pán) is the god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, Pastoral#Pastoral music, rustic music and impromptus, and companion of the nymphs. He has the hindqu ...

, a Greek god * Night of Pan, a mystical state in the philosophy or religion of Thelema

Science and technology

Astronomy

* Pan (crater), on Jupiter's moon Amalthea * Pan (moon), of Saturn * Pan, a name for Jupiter XI, now Carme (moon), 1955–1975 *

4450 Pan 4450 Pan ('' prov. designation:'' ) is a highly eccentric asteroid and contact binary, classified as a potentially hazardous asteroid and near-Earth object of the Apollo group, approximately 1.1 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 25 Se ...

, an asteroid

Biology and healthcare

* ''Pan'' (genus), the genus including chimpanzees and bonobos * Pan, abbreviation for panoramic X-ray *

Pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS) is a controversial hypothetical diagnosis for a subset of children with rapid onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) or tic disorders. S ...

* Polyarteritis nodosa, a vasculitic condition *

Positional alcohol nystagmus Positional alcohol nystagmus (PAN) is nystagmus (visible jerkiness in eye movement) produced when the head is placed in a sideways position. PAN occurs when the specific gravity of the membrane space of the semicircular canals in the ear differs fr ...

, eye jerkiness

Chemistry

* Peroxyacyl nitrates * Phthalic anhydride * Polyacrylonitrile, a polymer of acrylonitrile

Computing

* Pan (newsreader), for Usenet *

Pan (programming language) The pan configuration language allows the definition of machine configuration information and an associated schema with a simple, human-accessible syntax. A pan language compiler transforms the configuration information contained within a set of p ...

* Personal area network ** Bluetooth Personal Area Network (PAN), a Bluetooth profile * Permanent account number (PAN card), for taxpayers in India and Nepal * Primary account number, another term for the payment card number of a payment card

Geology

Dry lake A dry lake bed, also known as a playa, is a basin or depression that formerly contained a standing surface water body, which disappears when evaporation processes exceeds recharge. If the floor of a dry lake is covered by deposits of alkaline c ...

** Salt pan (geology), a salt dry lake * Gold panning, a mining technique

Multimedia technologies

* Pan and scan, to show wide-screen films on narrow screens *

Panchromatic Panchromatic emulsion is a type of black-and-white photographic emulsion that is sensitive to all wavelengths of visible light. Description A panchromatic emulsion renders a realistic reproduction of a scene as it appears to the human eye, altho ...

black-and-white film *

Panning (audio) Panning is the distribution of an audio signal (either monaural or stereophonic pairs) into a new stereo or multi-channel sound field determined by a pan control setting. A typical physical recording console has a pan control for each incoming so ...

, of a signal into a new sound field * Panning (camera), swivelling

Food and drink

* Pan dulce * Pan, a type of cookware ** Bread pan ** Frying pan ** Sheet pan **

Springform pan A springform pan is a type of bakeware that features sides that can be removed from the base. Springform refers to the construction style of this pan. The base and the sides are separate pieces that are held together when the base is aligned w ...

* Pan or Paan, a North Indian term for betel *

Pan-bagnat The pan bagnat (pronounced ɑ̃ baˈɲa (pan bagna, and alternatively in French as pain bagnat) is a sandwich that is a specialty of Nice, France. The sandwich is composed of pain de campagne, a whole wheat bread, enclosing the classic salade ...

* Sliced pan bread, popular in Ireland *

Sugar panning Sugar panning, or simply panning, is a method for adding a sugar-based "shell" to confectionery or nuts. Popular products that employ this process in their manufacture include dragées, chocolate buttons, gobstoppers, konpeitō and jelly beans ...

, to add a candy shell to, for example, a nut *

Harina P.A.N. The Harina P.A.N. (abbreviation for Producto Alimenticio Nacional. English: ''National Food Product''), is the first brand of boiled maize flour in Venezuela. The brand itself became a synecdoche, as even with other large competitors in the mar ...

, a pre-cooked corn meal

Languages

* Proto-Austronesian language * Punjabi language (ISO 639-3 code "pan")

Organizations

Political parties

* National Action Party (El Salvador) (''Partido Acción Nacional'') of El Salvador *

National Action Party (Mexico) The National Action Party ( es, Partido Acción Nacional, PAN) is a conservative political party in Mexico founded in 1939. The party is one of the four main List of political parties in Mexico, political parties in Mexico, and, since the 1980s, ...

(''Partido Acción Nacional'') of Mexico * National Action Party (Nicaragua) (''Partido Acción Nacional'') of Nicaragua * National Advancement Party (''Partido de Avanzada Nacional'') of Guatemala * National Autonomist Party (''Partido Autonomista Nacional''), former Argentine Political Party * National Mandate Party (''Partai Amanat Nasional'') of Indonesia *

Party of the Nation's Retirees The Party of the Nation's Retirees ( pt, Partido dos Aposentados da Nação, PAN) was a Brazilian political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is commo ...

(''Partido dos Aposentados da Nação'') of Brazil * People-Animals-Nature (''Pessoas-Animais-Natureza'') of Portugal

Other organizations

* Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico (''Programa de Asistencia Nutricional''), a United States Federal assistance program * Pan Club Copenhagen, a gay club * Pesticide Action Network, an international NGO network * Polish Academy of Sciences (''Polska Akademia Nauk'') * Protect Arizona Now, sponsor of

2004 Arizona Proposition 200 Proposition 200, the "Arizona Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act", was an Arizona state initiative passed in 2004 that basically requires: (a) persons to provide proof of citizenship to register to vote; (b) voters to present a photo identificat ...

Other uses

Pan (horse) Pan (1805 – circa 1822) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from June 1808 to July 1814 he had six different owners, ran twenty times and won nine races. His most important success came on his only appe ...

, an early 19th century British thoroughbred racehorse and sire * Pan-pan, a radio state of urgency call * Pan,

Slavic honorifics Speakers of Slavic languages and Lithuanians (Baltic languages) use two main sets of honorifics. West Slavs and Ukrainians use the title ''Pan'', South Slavs and Russians use ''Gospodin'', while Belarusians use either ''Pan'' or ''Spadar'', and Li ...

in Poland and Ukraine *

Pansexuality , meaning "all" , definition = Sexual or romantic attraction to people regardless of gender , classification = Sexual identity , parent = Bisexuality , synonyms = , associated_terms = Polysexual, queer, heteroflex ...

, a sexual orientation (often known as "pan") * PAN, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code for Panama * PAN, the National Rail code for Pangbourne railway station in the county of Berkshire, UK *

USA-207 USA-207, international COSPAR code 2009-047A, also known as PAN, officially meaning ''Palladium At Night'', NEMESIS I, or P360 is a classified American SIGINT satellite, which was launched in September 2009. The US government has not confirmed whi ...

, US satellite named "Palladium At Night"