English to Icelandic Meaning of vane - Vane

Vane :

Vane

noun

Vane, aðdáandi, væng, skrúfu, uggi, fjöður

Vane :: VaneVanes :: spjöldin

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Definitions of vane in English

Noun(1) mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind(2) a fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it(3) flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water(4) the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft

Examples of vane in English

(1) This method is based on the fact that as a feather grows, alternating light and dark bands appear across its vane .(2) Unlike the compass, the vane was clearly a scientific instrument, though the sort that comes in the Home Weather Kit you might give your dad shortly after his retirement.(3) The vane on one side of the feather's spine was wider than the one on the other.(4) This rigid plastic curled vane can be taped or glued to the arrow shaft using a normal fletching jig.(5) Their angle of attack should be very small just to ensure that the air flow comes to the same side on each vane .(6) Feathers and vanes work about equally well with less-powerful target crossbows.(7) Other feather types similar in some respects to down and vaned feathers while unique in others include filoplumes, bristles, and semiplumes.(8) The first uses multiple airfoil-shaped vanes arrayed around the inner circumference of the exhaust side of the turbo housing.(9) Advanced technology means the giant vanes of the turbines swivel to search for wind but cut out in stormy conditions.(10) Does this not suggest that early feathers must have had pennaceous vanes at least distally, if the downy bases, or down feathers, were to be effective for insulation?(11) The wind or air rising through the turbine turns the vanes in the turbine and gets the air moving near the top of the house, drawing moisture out.(12) All turbine products are similar in that they derive their energy from the action of blades or vanes that spin in response to a force applied upon them.(13) Early views of Sydney were dominated by the sails of the ships which had propelled the newcomers across the oceans and by the vanes of the windmills which provided the settlement with its first forms of industrial power.(14) A knowledgeable friend told me, that is also very interesting to pay attention to the position of the windmill vanes when they are at rest.(15) Furthermore, in the vaned diffuser, the secondary flow directed from the suction surface to the pressure surface of the vanes is prevented.(16) The obtained results demonstrate that the centrifugal pump with the optimized vaned diffuser has compact size compared with the original one while the performance requirements have been met.

Related Phrases of vane

(1) weather vane ::

veður Vane

(2) wind vane ::

vindur Vane

(3) vane wheel ::

Vane hjól

(4) in vane ::

í Vane

Related Phrases of vane

(1) weather vane ::

veður Vane

(2) wind vane ::

vindur Vane

(3) vane wheel ::

Vane hjól

(4) in vane ::

í Vane

Synonyms

Noun

1. wind vane ::

vindur Vane

2. blade ::

blað

3. web ::

vefur

Different Forms

vane, vanes

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