clarion : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: clarion	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for clarion
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clarion adj loud and clear; "a clarion call" n a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone v blow the clarion proclaim on, or as if on, a clarion
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clarion \Clar"ion\, n. [OE. clarioun, OF. clarion, F. clairon, LL. clario, claro; so called from its clear tone, fr. L. clarus clear. See {Clear}.] A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill. He sounds his imperial clarion* along the whole line of battle. --E. Everett.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Clarion, IA (city, FIPS 13620) Location: 42.73205 N, 93.73213 W Population (1990): 2703 (1264 housing units) Area: 7.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50525 Clarion, PA (borough, FIPS 13800) Location: 41.21015 N, 79.38045 W Population (1990): 6457 (1917 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 16214
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Clarion A family of systems from {SoftVelocity, Inc.} for building {database} applications on {Microsoft Windows}. Clarion products include Clarion 4GL language with a {C++} and {Modula-2} {compiler}. Clarion products support fast, efficient database application development. Clarion was originally developed by Clarion Software Corporation, later to become TopSpeed Corporation. In 2000, the Clarion product line was acquired by SoftVelocity Inc. (2003-10-15)