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blade in a wheel moved by air, steam, or water: A weather vane shows the direction of the wind.; someone who is changeable or fickle
Not to be confused with:vain – excessively proud of one’s appearance, qualities, etc.; conceited: She is very vain about her long black hair.; arrogant; egotistical; without effect or avail: Her efforts were in vain.; worthless; unimportantvein – blood vessel; a natural channel; a body or stratum of ore: a rich vein of coal; a condition, mood, or temper: a vein of sadness; tone; touch; thread; streak

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V0007200 (vān)n.1. A weathervane.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 moved by or used to move a fluid.3. The flattened, weblike part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft.4. a. The movable target on a leveling rod.b. A sight on a quadrant or compass.5. One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile.

[Middle English fane, vane, from Old English fana, flag; see pan- in Indo-European roots.]

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(veɪn) n1. (Mechanical Engineering) Also called: weather vane or wind vane a flat plate or blade of metal mounted on a vertical axis in an exposed position to indicate wind direction2. (Mechanical Engineering) any one of the flat blades or sails forming part of the wheel of a windmill3. (Mechanical Engineering) any flat or shaped plate used to direct fluid flow, esp a stator blade in a turbine, etc4. (Mechanical Engineering) a fin or plate fitted to a projectile or missile to provide stabilization or guidance5. (Zoology) ornithol the flat part of a feather, consisting of two rows of barbs on either side of the shaft6. (Surveying) surveying a. a sight on a quadrant or compassb. 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 ˈvaneless adj

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(veɪn) n (Biography) 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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n. 1. weather vane. 2. any of a number of blades or plates attached radially to a rotating cylinder or shaft, as in a turbine or windmill, that move or are moved by a fluid, as steam or air. 3. a person who is readily changeable or fickle. 4. a. (on a rocket) any fixed or movable surface providing directional control for atmospheric flight. b. a similar plane surface in the exhaust jet of a reaction engine, providing directional control while the engine is firing. 5. the web of a feather. 6. feather (def. 6). [before 1100; Middle English; Old English fana flag, c. Old Saxon, Old High German fano, Old Norse -fani flag, cloth]

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n. Sir Henry (Sir Harry Vane), 1613–62, British statesman and author.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	vane - mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the windweather vane, weathervane, wind vanemechanical device - mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principlesweathercock - weathervane with a vane in the form of a roosterwind tee - weather vane shaped like a T and located at an airfield
	2.	vane - a fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide itarrow - a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bowfin - a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fishmissile - a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control
	3.	vane - flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or waterbladefan blade - blade of a rotating faneggbeater, helicopter, whirlybird, chopper - an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead bladesimpeller - the blade of a rotor (as in the compressor of a jet engine)oar - an implement used to propel or steer a boatpaddle - a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheelpropeller, propellor - a mechanical device that rotates to push against air or waterrotating mechanism - a mechanism that rotatesrudder blade - the vertical blade on a rudderturbine - rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotateaerogenerator, wind generator, windmill - generator that extracts usable energy from winds
	4.	vane - the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaftwebfeather, plumage, plume - the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birdsbarb - one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a featherblade - a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue)

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1. 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

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A metal banner that turns around a pivoted point, moving with the prevailing wind, to indicate the direction of the wind.

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the lamellar part of a bird’s feather that lies on both sides of the shaft. It consists of numerous flattened formations, or barbs, that project from the shaft. Each barb has two rows of small lamellae, or barbules, equipped with hooked projections, or barbicels. The barbicels hook adjacent barbs tightly together, forming an elastic, air-resistant surface.

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[vān] (aerospace engineering) A device that projects ahead of an aircraft to sense gusts or other actions of the air so as to create impulses or signals that are transmitted to the control system to stabilize the aircraft. (mechanical engineering) A flat or curved surface exposed to a flow of fluid so as to be forced to move or to rotate about an axis, to rechannel the flow, or to act as the impeller; for example, in a steam turbine, propeller fan, or hydraulic turbine. (navigation) A sight on an instrument used for observing bearings, such as on a pelorus or azimuth circle. (vertebrate zoology) The expanded web part of a feather.

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A metal plate, often decorated, or in the shape of a figure or object, which rotates freely on a vertical spindle to indicate wind direction; usually located atop a spire or other elevated position on a building.

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Vanes for pickup of data for angle of attack indicator and autopilot. vane

An air-to-air missile. vane

i. A thin and more-or-less flat object intended to align itself with a stream or flow in a manner similar to that of the common weathercock, such as a device that projects ahead of an aircraft to sense gusts or other actions of the air to create impulses or signals that are transmitted to the control system to stabilize the aircraft.
ii. A fixed or movable surface used to control or give stability to a rocket or a missile.
iii. A blade or paddlelike object, often fashioned like an airfoil and usually one of several, that rotates about an axis, either being moved by a flow or creating a flow itself, such as the blade of a turbine, a fan, a rotary pump, an air compressor, etc.
iv. Any of certain stationary blades, plates, or the like that serve to guide or direct a flow, or to create a special kind of flow, as in (i) any of the blades in the nozzle ring of a gas turbine engine; (ii) any of the plates or slatlike objects that guide the flow in a wind tunnel; or (iii) a plate or fence projecting from a wing to prevent a span-wise flow. See nozzle guide vanes.
v. A bomb-arming vane. When a bomb is released from the aircraft, the vanes start rotating and, after a predetermined period, arm the bomb.
vi. A weather vane. A device that shows the direction in which the wind is blowing. See weather vane.

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noun mechanical device attached to an elevated structure

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noun a fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it

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noun flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water

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noun the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft

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