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单词 vane
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vane

[ veyn ]
/ veɪn /
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noun

Origin of vane

before 1100; Middle English; Old English fana flag; cognate with German Fahne flag, Gothic fana segment of cloth; cf. gonfanon

OTHER WORDS FROM vane

vaned, adjectivevaneless, adjectivemul·ti·vane, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH vane

vain, vane , vein

Words nearby vane

Vandyke, Vandyke beard, Vandyke brown, Vandyke collar, Van Dyken, vane, Vänern, Vanessa, vanessid, van Eyck, Van Fleet

Definition for vane (2 of 2)

Vane
[ veyn ]
/ veɪn /

noun

Sir Henry Sir Harry Vane, 1613–62, British statesman and author.
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British Dictionary definitions for vane (1 of 2)

vane
/ (veɪn) /

noun

Also called: weather vane, wind vane a flat plate or blade of metal mounted on a vertical axis in an exposed position to indicate wind direction
any one of the flat blades or sails forming part of the wheel of a windmill
any flat or shaped plate used to direct fluid flow, esp a stator blade in a turbine, etc
a fin or plate fitted to a projectile or missile to provide stabilization or guidance
ornithol the flat part of a feather, consisting of two rows of barbs on either side of the shaft
surveying
  1. a sight on a quadrant or compass
  2. the movable marker on a levelling staff

Derived forms of vane

vaned, adjectivevaneless, adjective

Word Origin for vane

Old English fana; related to Old Saxon, Old High German fano, Old Norse fani, Latin pannus cloth

British Dictionary definitions for vane (2 of 2)

Vane
/ (veɪn) /

noun

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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for vane

Vane
[ vān ]
John Robert 1927-2004

British pharmacologist. He shared a 1982 Nobel Prize for research on prostaglandins.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Scientific definitions for vane

vane
[ vān ]

The flattened, weblike part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the rachis.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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