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noun
1.
2.
a blade, plate, sail, etc., in the wheel of a windmill, to be moved by the air.
3.
any of a number of blades or plates attached radially to a rotating drum or cylinder, as in a turbine or pump, that move or are moved by a fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air.
4.
a person who is readily changeable or fickle.
5.
Aerospace.
a.
any fixed or movable plane surface on the outside of a rocket providing directional control while the rocket is within the atmosphere.
b.
a similar plane surface located in the exhaust jet of a reaction engine, providing directional control while the engine is firing.
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Vane
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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vane (veɪn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | weather vane, Also called: wind vane a flat plate or blade of metal mounted on a vertical axis in an exposed position to indicate wind direction |
| 2. | any one of the flat blades or sails forming part of the wheel of a windmill |
| 3. | any flat or shaped plate used to direct fluid flow, esp a stator blade in a turbine, etc |
| 4. | a fin or plate fitted to a projectile or missile to provide stabilization or guidance |
| 5. | ornithol the flat part of a feather, consisting of two rows of barbs on either side of the shaft |
| 6. | surveying |
| a. a sight on a quadrant or compass | |
| b. the movable marker on a levelling staff | |
| [Old English fana; related to Old Saxon, Old High German fano, Old Norse fani, Latin pannus cloth] | |
| vaned | |
| —adj | |
| 'vaneless | |
| —adj | |
| Vane (veɪn) | |
| —n | |
| Sir Henry, known as Sir Harry Vane. 1613--62, English Puritan statesman and colonial administrator; governor of Massachusetts (1636--37). He was executed for high treason after the Restoration | |
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
Vane (vān), John Robert. Born 1927.
British pharmacologist. He shared a 1982 Nobel Prize for research on prostaglandins.
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Science Dictionary
vane  (vān) Pronunciation Key
The flattened, weblike part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the rachis. |
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Example sentences
The final effect was stately: a white building with a blue and white cupola topped by a weather vane.
Vane: the smooth feather surface formed by the interlocked pennaceous barbs.
Vane anemometers are sensitive to different measuring techniques and the proximity of the observer.
So it's vane to talk about blood since it's wrong to judge national background on this single factor.
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