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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LAX, a. [L. laxus.]
1. Loose; flabby; soft; not tense, firm or rigid; as lax flesh; a lax fiber.
2. Slack; not tight or tense; as a lax cord.
3. Not firly united; of loose texture; as gravel and the like laxer matter.
4. Not rigidly exact; as a lax moral discourse.
5. Not strict; as lax morals.
6. Loose in the bowels; having too frequent discharges.
LAX, n.
1. A looseness; diarrhea.
2. A species of fish or salmon. [Not in use.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: lacking in rigor or strictness; "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack in maintaining discipline" [syn: lax, slack]
2: pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet') [ant: tense]
3: lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "a lax rope"; "a limp handshake" [ant: tense]
4: emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels" [syn: lax, loose]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin laxus loose — more at slack Date: 14th century 1. a. of the bowels loose, open b. having loose bowels 2. deficient in firmness ; not stringent <lax control> <a lax foreman> 3. a. not tense, firm, or rigid ; slack <a lax rope> b. having an open or loose texture c. having the constituents spread apart <a lax flower cluster> 4. articulated with the muscles involved in a relatively relaxed state (as the vowel i in contrast with the vowel ?) Synonyms: see negligent • laxation noun • laxly adverb • laxness noun II. noun Etymology: by shortening & alteration (x as symbol for -crosse) Date: 1951 lacrosse

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 lacking care, concern, or firmness. 2 loose, relaxed; not compact. 3 Phonet. pronounced with the vocal muscles relaxed. Derivatives: laxity n. laxly adv. laxness n. Etymology: ME, = loose, f. L laxus: rel. to SLACK(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lax Lax, n. A looseness; diarrhea.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lax Lax, a. [Compar. Laxer; superl. Laxest.] [L. laxus Cf. Laches, Languish, Lease, v. t., Leash.] 1. Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber. The flesh of that sort of fish being lax and spongy. --Ray. 2. Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal. The discipline was lax. --Macaulay. Society at that epoch was lenient, if not lax, in matters of the passions. --J. A. Symonds. The word ``[ae]ternus'' itself is sometimes of a lax signification. --Jortin. 3. Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal. Syn: Loose; slack; vague; unconfined; unrestrained; dissolute; licentious.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(laxer, laxest) If you say that a person's behaviour or a system is lax, you mean they are not careful or strict about maintaining high standards. One of the problem areas is lax security for airport personnel... There have been allegations from survivors that safety standards had been lax... ADJ • laxity The laxity of export control authorities has made a significant contribution to the problem.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Loose, slack, relaxed. 2. Soft, flabby, drooping, relaxed. 3. Remiss, negligent, neglectful. 4. Latitudinarian (which see). 5. Licentious, dissolute, loose.

Airports

Landing Facility Type	AIRPORT
Airport Code	LAX
EFF_DATE	02/16/2006
FAA Region	AWP
FAA District	NONE
State	CA
State	CALIFORNIA
County	LOS ANGELES
County State	CA
City Name	LOS ANGELES
Full Name	LOS ANGELES INTL
Owner Type	PU
Facility Use	PU
Facility City, State, Zip	"LOS ANGELES, CA 90009-2216"
Elevation	126
Aeronautical chart on which the airport facility appears	LOS ANGELES
Distance from the central business district of the associated city to the airport in nautical miles	09
Direction of airport from the central business district of the associated city	SW
Airport Certification Type and Date	I ES 05/1973
NASP/Federal Agreement Code	NGPY3
Customs international airport	N
Customs Landing Rights Airport	Y
Control Tower	Y
Based Jet engine general aviation aircraft	004
Based Military Aircraft	004
Commercial Services	458774
Air Taxi	179262
General Aviation, Local Operations	000000
General Aviation - Itinerant Operations	014059
Military Aircraft Operations	003002
Latitude	33.9425361389
Longitude	-118.4080744444
State FIPS code	06
State Postal Code	CA
Total domestic enplanements (inbound plus outbound)	28925341
Version	09

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