Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation electronic serial number

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  • initialism Electronic Serial Number
  • initialism educationally subnormal

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Examples

  • The ESN, which is like the serial number, and the MIN, which is your phone number.

    CNN Transcript May 27, 2003 2003

  • ESN Research analysts said the success of the Carrefour-Brazil deal "is not a foregone conclusion."

    Casino Steps Up Brazil Battle Christina Passariello 2011

  • ESN Research analysts said the success of the Carrefour-Brazil deal "is not a foregone conclusion."

    Casino Steps Up Brazil Battle Christina Passariello 2011

  • Also, the software does not recognize the correct phone and ESN number.

    MetroPCS Gets BlackBerry Curve 2009

  • Metro will not provide assurance that this will work, there can be some ESN registration issues.

    MetroPCS Gets BlackBerry Curve 2009

  • Gillette -- who'd done his share of phone phreaking -- knew what these initials meant and he explained: Every cell phone had both an ESN (the electronic serial number, which was secret) and an MIN (the mobile identification number -- the area code and seven-digit number of the phone itself).

    Forgetfulness ISCARS 2010

  • "All you need is the ESN and the MIN of the phone he's using," Hobbes said.

    Forgetfulness ISCARS 2010

  • But the ESN believes that for ventures as diverse as seed swapping to recycled jeans, the right outlet is out there somewhere.

    Dan Thompson's innovation: the Empty Shop Network 2010

  • Unidentified Man #1: ESN con, log off the satellite.

    Training Women For Work On Navy Subs 2010

  • When commenting on patent holding company ESN and it's lawsuit against Cisco, Frenkel alleged on the blog that the filing date for that patent suit was changed after ESN's local counsel "called the EDTX court clerk, and convinced him/her to change the docket to reflect an October 16 filing date, rather than the October 15 filing date."

    "Patent Troll Tracker" Trial Begins in E.D. Tex. Peter Zura 2009

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