transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈvān ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English (southern dialect), from Old English fana banner; akin to Old High German fano cloth, Latin pannus cloth, rag
Date: 14th century
1.
a. : a movable device attached to an elevated object (as a spire) for showing the direction of the wind
b. : one that is changeable or inconstant
2. : a thin flat or curved object that is rotated about an axis by a flow of fluid or that rotates to cause a fluid to flow or that redirects a flow of fluid
the vane s of a windmill
3. : the web or flat expanded part of a feather — see feather illustration
4. : a feather fastened to the shaft near the nock of an arrow
• vaned ˈvānd adjective