vane

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

vanes

1.
A weather vane.
2.
Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid.
3.
(ornithology) The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft.
Đồng nghĩa: vexillum
4.
(navigation) A sight on a sextant or compass.
5.
(weaponry) One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile.
Đồng nghĩa: fin

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vexillumfin

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Cooper vanewind vane

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English vane, Southern Middle English variant of fane, from Old English fana (cloth, banner, flag), from *fanō, from Proto-Germanic *fanô, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (something woven; weave; tissue; fabric; cloth).