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aleta — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • blade noun The flat, sharp-edged cutting part of a knife, sword, or similar tool.
  • fender noun The part of a car body that covers the area around a wheel.
  • fin noun One of the flat, wing-like parts on a fish or marine animal used for swimming and steering.
  • flipper noun A wide, flat limb used for swimming, found on animals such as whales, seals, and turtles.
  • wing noun One of the limbs a bird, insect, or aircraft uses to fly.

Senses

aleta is used for these senses in English:

  • blade The flat functional end or piece of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, chisel, screwdriver, skate, etc.
  • blade (mathematics) An exterior product of vectors. (The product may have more than two factors. Also, a scalar counts as a 0-blade, a vector as a 1-blade; an exterior product of k vectors may be called a k-blade.)
  • fender (US) panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
  • flipper In marine mammals such as whales (or other aquatic animals such as sea turtles), a wide, flat limb adapted for swimming.
  • flipper A wide, flat, paddle-like rubber covering for the foot, used in swimming.
  • mudguard A cover over the wheels of a vehicle, or a flap behind that wheel, to prevent water and mud being projected.

blade — full definition

  1. noun The flat, sharp-edged cutting part of a knife, sword, or similar tool.
  2. noun A flat, thin part shaped like a cutting blade, such as of a fan, propeller, oar, or grass.
  3. verb To skate using inline skates ("rollerblades").

fender — full definition

  1. noun The part of a car body that covers the area around a wheel.
  2. noun A cushioned bumper hung over the side of a boat to prevent damage when docking.
  3. noun A low metal guard placed in front of a fireplace to catch falling embers.

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