vane
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /veɪn/
vane (plural vanes)
- (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
- Portuguese: vexilo
- Spanish: vexilo
- Italian: aletta
- Russian: стабилизатор
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