Definition of "vane" []

• A weathervane. (noun)
• 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. (noun)
• The flattened, weblike part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft. (noun)
• The movable target on a leveling rod. (noun)
• A sight on a quadrant or compass. (noun)

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• "My contribution in that "vane" is to express the hope that more Canadian companies will view the electricity building in the air as an exciting indicator of the numerous opportunities emerging for global business, and not of the static kind."
• "If the turning vane is not used, some of the air will get around the turn, but backpressure will be created, and the flow rate of the air will be reduced."
• "Hence my bad pun about a sort of faith that is in "vane" - itself turned by the winds of time and changing worldview, and yet often without those who adamantly hold to it realizing the shift that has taken place."