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Definition of Fin

Fin
Fin Fin, n. (A["e]ronautics) A fixed stabilizing surface, usually vertical, similar in purpose to a bilge keel on a ship.
Fin
Fin Fin, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Finned; p. pr. & vb. n. Finning.] [Cf. Fin of a fish.] To carve or cut up, as a chub.
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Fin Fin, n. [See Fine, n.] End; conclusion; object. [Obs.] ``She knew eke the fin of his intent.' --Chaucer.
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Fin Fin, n.[OE. finne, fin, AS. finn; akin to D. vin, G. & Dan. finne, Sw. fena, L. pinna, penna, a wing, feather. Cf. pen a feather.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) An organ of a fish, consisting of a membrane supported by rays, or little bony or cartilaginous ossicles, and serving to balance and propel it in the water. Note: Fishes move through the water chiefly by means of the caudal fin or tail, the principal office of the other fins being to balance or direct the body, though they are also, to a certain extent, employed in producing motion. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A membranous, finlike, swimming organ, as in pteropod and heteropod mollusks. 3. A finlike organ or attachment; a part of an object or product which protrudes like a fin, as: (a) The hand. [Slang] (b) (Com.) A blade of whalebone. [Eng.] --McElrath. (c) (Mech.) A mark or ridge left on a casting at the junction of the parts of a mold. (d) (Mech.) The thin sheet of metal squeezed out between the collars of the rolls in the process of rolling. --Raymond. (e) (Mech.) A feather; a spline. 4. A finlike appendage, as to submarine boats. Apidose fin. (Zo["o]l.) See under Adipose, a. Fin ray (Anat.), one of the hornlike, cartilaginous, or bony, dermal rods which form the skeleton of the fins of fishes. Fin whale (Zo["o]l.), a finback. Paired fins (Zo["o]l.), the pectoral and ventral fins, corresponding to the fore and hind legs of the higher animals. Unpaired, or Median, fins (Zo["o]l.), the dorsal, caudal, and anal fins.

Meaning of Fin from wikipedia

- Look up Fin, fin, fín, FIN, Fín, Fin., fiń., Fins, or fins in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A fin is a thin appendage. Fin, FIN, or Fins may also refer...
- A fin is a thin component or appendage attached to a larger body or structure. Fins typically function as foils that produce lift or thrust, or provide...
- from the tail or caudal fin, fish fins have no direct connection with the back bone and are supported only by muscles. Fish fins are distinctive anatomical...
- A finial (from Latin finis 'end') or hip-**** is an element marking the top or end of some object, often formed to be a decorative feature. In architecture...
- ἀκτίς (aktis) 'having rays' and πτέρυξ (ptérux) 'wing, fins'), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that...
- The fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), also known as the finback whale or common rorqual, is a species of baleen whale and the second-longest cetacean...
- A dorsal fin is a fin on the back of most marine and freshwater vertebrates. Dorsal fins have evolved independently several times through convergent evolution...
- Shark fin or Shark Fin may refer to: The fins of a shark Shark fin soup, a soup made with shark fins Shark fin medicinals as quackery Shark Fin, a peak...
- Fin.K.L (Korean: 핑클) is a South Korean girl group formed by DSP Media in 1998 consisting of members Lee Hyori, Ock Joo-hyun, Lee Jin, and Sung Yu-ri....
- "Fin de siècle" (French: [fɛ̃ də sjɛkl] ) is a French term meaning 'end of century', a phrase which typically encomp****es both the meaning of the similar...