vane
- 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.
Vanes for pickup of data for angle of attack indicator and autopilot.
ii. A fixed or movable surface used to control or give stability to a rocket or a missile.
An air-to-air 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 spanwise 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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Vane — is a surname, and may refer to:* Ben Vane * Charles Vane * Charles Vane Tempest Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry * Charles Vane Tempest Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry * Christopher Vane, 1st Baron Barnard * Edith Vane Tempest Stewart,… … Wikipedia
Vane — (v[=a]n), n. [OE. & E. Prov. E. fane weathercock, banner, AS. fana a banner, flag; akin to D. vaan, G. fahne, OHG. fano cloth, gund fano flag, Icel. f[=a]ni, Sw. fana, Dan. fane, Goth. fana cloth, L. pannus, and perhaps to Gr. ? a web, ? a bobbin … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Vane — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Charles Vane († 1720), Pirat Henry Vane (1612–1662), englischer Politiker und Staatsmann John Robert Vane (1927–2004), britischer Biochemiker Diese Seite ist eine B … Deutsch Wikipedia
Vane — Vane, John R. * * * (as used in expressions) King, William Rufus de Vane Vane, Sir Henry Sir Henry Vane, el Joven … Enciclopedia Universal
Vane — (spr. Wehn), 1) Harry, Ritter, geb. 1589 in England; wurde vom König Jakob I. zum Ritter ernannt u. von Carlisle zum Mitglied des Parlaments gewählt. Der König ernannte ihn zum Schatzmeister des Prinzen von Wallis (nachherigen Königs Karl I.),… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Vane — [veɪn], Sir (seit 1984) John Robert, britischer Pharmakologe, * Tardebigg (County Hereford and Worcester) 29. 3. 1927; 1966 73 Professor für experimentelle Pharmakologie am Royal College of Surgeons in London, 1973 85 Leiter des… … Universal-Lexikon
vane — [vān] n. [S Brit var. of fane, small flag or pennon < OE fana, a flag < PGmc * fanan < IE base * pan > PANE] 1. a flat piece of metal, strip of cloth, etc. set up high to swing with the wind and show which way it is blowing; weather… … English World dictionary
Vane — (spr. wēn), Sir Henry, engl. Politiker, geb. 1613 in Hadlow (Kent), gest. 14. Juni 1662, Sohn des Staatssekretärs Karls I., Sir Henry V. (gest. 1655), machte große Reisen auf dem Festland, lebte dann einige Zeit in Amerika, trat 1640 in das Kurze … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
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Vanes for pickup of data for angle of attack indicator and autopilot.ii. A fixed or movable surface used to control or give stability to a rocket or a missile.
An air-to-air 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 spanwise 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.