The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft
A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock
{i} weather vane; one of a set of blades mounted in a circle that rotates with the movement of the wind or water; guiding fin on a missile; webbed blade on either side of the shaft of a feather
Any flat, extended surface attached to an axis and moved by the wind; as, the vane of a windmill; hence, a similar fixture of any form moved in or by water, air, or other fluid; as, the vane of a screw propeller, a fan blower, an anemometer, etc
This was a variation on early oscillators It used a vane in front of the blade to force the cage from side to side One type was the vane, and it had a brass flap in front of the cage The other type was the lollipop, which had a brass lollipop inside the cage
A large, flat piece of material used to align a wind turbine rotor correctly into the wind Usually mounted vertically on the tail boom Sometimes called a Tail
a metal fin attached to the tail of a bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it
The flattened, weblike part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft
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 turned by or used to turn a fluid
mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind
A vane is a flat blade which pushes or is pushed by wind or water, and forms part of a machine such as a fan, a windmill, or a ship's propeller. see also weather vane. English politician and colonial administrator who was governor of Massachusetts (1636-1637) and a leading Parliamentarian during the English Civil War. He was tried and executed for high treason after the restoration of the monarchy. a flat blade that is moved by wind or water to produce power to drive a machine. King William Rufus de Vane Vane Sir Henry Sir Henry Vane the Younger
the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft a metal fin attached to the tail of a bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it
the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft
1 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, as: (a) a device that project 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; (b) a fixed or movable surface used to control or give stability to a rocket See control vane
One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile