fin

Senso (Inglese)

1. One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
2. A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
3. A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.
4. A similar structure protruding from a projectile, used to help keep it on course.
5. A similar structure on the bottom of a surfboard, used to help steer it.
6. A hairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is combed and set into a vertical ridge along the top of the head from about the crown to the forehead.
7. A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.
8. An extending part on a surface of a radiator, engine, heatsink, etc., used to facilitate cooling.
9. A sharp raised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roof membrane or vapor retarder.
10. The conning tower of a submarine.

flipper

🐬

Little Phoebe

pisces

leaf blade

sentus

fish

🐟

bird’s foot

wing panel

skin needling

flash burr

air foil

and feather

Frequenza

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/fɪn/

From Middle English fin, from Old English finn, from Proto-Germanic *finnō, *finǭ (“dorsal fin”) (compare Dutch vin, German Finne, Swedish finne, fena), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pīn- (“backbone, dorsal fin”) (compare Old Irish ind (“end, point”), Latin pinna (“feather, wing, fin”), Tocharian A spin (“hook”), Sanskrit स्फ्य (sphyá, “splinter, staff”).

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