vane – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
vane
n.
weather vane; one of a set of blades mounted in a circle that rotates with the movement of the wind or water; guiding fin on a missile; webbed blade on either side of the shaft of a feather
Vane
Vane may refer to:
People:
Vanë
Vanë (also known as
Cifliku Vana,
Van,
Vana, or
Vanje) is a settlement in the
Vlorë County of
Albania. It is part of the municipality
Delvinë.
List of hundreds of Sweden
A
hundred is a geographic division formerly used in northern Germanic countries and related colonies, which historically was used to divide a larger region into smaller
administrative divisions. The equivalent term in
Swedish is
härad (in
Uppland also known as
hundare during the early Middle Ages); in
Danish and
Norwegian,
herred; in
Finnish,
kihlakunta; and in
Estonian,
kihelkond.
vane
Noun
1. flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water
(synonym) blade
(hypernym) rotating mechanism
(hyponym) fan blade
(part-holonym) propeller, propellor
2. mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind
(synonym) weathervane, weather vane, wind vane
(hypernym) mechanical device
(hyponym) weathercock
3. a metal fin attached to the tail of a bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it
(hypernym) fin
(part-holonym) missile
4. the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft
(synonym) web
(hypernym) blade
(part-holonym) feather, plume, plumage
(part-meronym) barb
vano
adj.
vain, empty, idle, futile, fruitless, space, nugatory; ineffectual, useless, pointless, unsuccessful
Vane
(n.)
The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.
(n.)
One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc.
(n.)
Any flat, extended surface attached to an axis and moved by the wind; as, the vane of a windmill; hence, a similar fixture of any form moved in or by water, air, or other fluid; as, the vane of a screw propeller, a fan blower, an anemometer, etc.
(n.)
A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of metal, or slip of wood, often cut into some fanciful form, and placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it moves freely.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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