Definizione monolingua

vane

vane (plural vanes)

1. (countable) 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.
4. A sight on a sextant or compass.
5. One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile.

vane pl.

1. feminine form of vano

vane

1. in vain

Definizione dizionario vane

banderuola

pala

paletta

Altri significati:

(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.

any thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surface radially mounted along an axis

(countable) A weather vane.

One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile.

ornithology: flattened web-like part of a feather

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.