English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of vane

vane

/noun/ फलक; पत्ता; बादनुमा; तीर का पर; वायुगति दर्शन यन्त्र;

Synonym board; leaf; weather vane;

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English Dictionary:

1. Vane

[n.]

- A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of metal, or slip of wood, often cut into some fanciful form, and placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it moves freely.
- 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.
- The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.
- One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc.