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vane

  [veyn]
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–noun
1. weather vane.
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.
6. Ornithology. the web of a feather.
7. Navigation, Surveying. either of two fixed projections for sighting an alidade or the like.
8. Archery. feather (def. 5).
Origin:
bef. 1100; ME; OE fana flag; c. G Fahne flag, Goth fana segment of cloth; cf. gonfanon

Related forms:
vaned, adjective
vaneless, adjective
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Word Origin & History

vane 
"wind indicator," 1425, southern England alteration (see V) of fane. from O.E. fana "flag, weather-cock," from P.Gmc. *fanon (cf. Goth. fana "piece of cloth," O.H.G. fano, Ger. Fahne "flag, standard"); possibly cognate with L. pannus "piece of cloth."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Vane (vān), John Robert. Born 1927.

British pharmacologist. He shared a 1982 Nobel Prize for research on prostaglandins.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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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.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
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