Lon or LON may refer to:
People
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Lon (photographer)
Alonzo "Lon" Hanagan was an American physique photographer during the 1940s and 1950s. He produced erotic images of men under the alias "Lon of New York", or simply "Lon".
Biography Early years
Alonzo James "Lon" Hanagan was born in 1911 in ...
, pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York"
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Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname
Fictional characters
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Lon Cohen, a character in the Nero Wolfe novels by Rex Stout
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Lon Suder, a character on the television series ''Star Trek: Voyager''
LON
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Launch on Need
Space Shuttle missions designated STS-3xx (officially called Launch On Need (LON) missions) were rescue missions which would have been mounted to rescue the crew of a Space Shuttle if their vehicle was damaged and deemed unable to make a success ...
, a Space Shuttle rescue mission which would have been mounted to rescue the crew of a Space Shuttle if needed
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League of Nations
The League of Nations (french: link=no, Société des Nations ) was the first worldwide Intergovernmental organization, intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by ...
, the first permanent international organization for maintaining world peace, the predecessor of the United Nations
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Local Operating Network, a networking platform by Echelon Corporation
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Local oxidation nanolithography
Local oxidation nanolithography (LON) is a tip-based nanofabrication method. It is based on the spatial confinement on an oxidation reaction under the sharp tip of an atomic force microscope.
The first materials on which LON was demonstrated wer ...
, a nanofabrication technique
Other uses
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''Lon'' (butterfly), a genus of butterflies
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Lon protease family, in molecular biology
* lon., abbreviation for
longitude
Longitude (, ) is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east– west position of a point on the surface of the Earth, or another celestial body. It is an angular measurement, usually expressed in degrees and denoted by the Greek let ...
* LON, the IATA airport code covering all airports within the London area of the United Kingdom, see
Airports of London
The metropolitan area of London, England, United Kingdom, is served by six international airports and several smaller airports. Together, these airports constitute the busiest airport system in the world by passenger numbers and the second-bu ...
* lon, ISO 639-3 code for the
Malawi Lomwe language
Malawi Lomwe, known as ''Elhomwe'', is a dialect of the Lomwe language spoken in southeastern Malawi in parts such as Mulanje and Thyolo.
Background
The Lomwe are one of the four largest ethnic groups living in Malawi and have history of migratio ...
, spoken in southeastern Malawi
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Lons
Lons () is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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, a French commune
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37608 Löns, an asteroid
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