aletta — meaning in English
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English meaning
- vane noun A device mounted on a roof or pole that turns to show which way the wind is blowing.
Senses
aletta is used for these senses in English:
- vane 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.
- vane (weaponry) One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile.
vane — full definition
- noun A device mounted on a roof or pole that turns to show which way the wind is blowing.
- noun A flat blade mounted on an axis that is turned by, or used to turn, a moving fluid, as in a turbine or windmill.
- noun The flat, web-like part of a feather formed by the barbs on either side of the central shaft.