What is "vane" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does vane mean in English? Meaning of vane definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "vane" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "vane": mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind

Noun

  • Meaning: mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind
  • Synonyms: vane weather vane weathervane wind vane
  • Hyponyms: weathercock wind tee
  • Hypernyms: mechanical device
  • Meaning of "vane": a fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it

    Noun

  • Meaning: a fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it
  • Synonyms: vane
  • Hypernyms: fin
  • Meaning of "vane": flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water

    Noun

  • Meaning: flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water
  • Synonyms: blade vane
  • Hyponyms: fan blade impeller paddle rudder blade
  • Hypernyms: rotating mechanism
  • Meaning of "vane": the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft

    Noun

  • Meaning: the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft
  • Synonyms: vane web
  • Hypernyms: blade
  • Part Holonyms: barb
  • Adjective: (countable) A weather vane.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.(ornithology) The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft.A sight on a sextant or compass.One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile.
  • Synonyms:

    feather, fan, weathercock,

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