Definition of fin in English:

fin

nounPlural fins fɪnfɪn

1A flattened appendage on various parts of the body of many aquatic vertebrates, including fish and cetaceans, and some invertebrates, used for propelling, steering, and balancing.
Example sentencesExamples
- It's a smooth skinned fish which can fold its small fins tight to the body, then, with its big sickle shaped tail, it can power itself through the water at some forty miles an hour.
- Using its fins to balance, this fish is almost perfectly camouflaged against the background.
- When overcrowding occurred in the water, some of these fish, using their fins as rudimentary feet, took to the land and changed from gill breathing to lung breathing.
- In essence, only the paired fins and the tail fin remain.
- Once fully developed, they are released from the female and must attach to the gills or fins of a fish host within a few days or they will die.
- The ancient bone shares features with primitive fish fins, but also has characteristics of a true limb bone.
- On the way back, I spotted a fin breaking the surface.
- When hunting, they crawl on their outspread pectoral fins and sift through the sand.
- Finally, several authors have suggested that a fin closing against the body may result in thrust due to the acceleration of a jet of fluid behind the fish.
- Not a true eel, it has long pelvic fins, which help it find food.
- Researchers say the fish shows how fins on freshwater species first began transforming into limbs some 380 million years ago.
- You can see in the photos it's got a little tail fin.
- Powerful fins propel the streamlined fish toward meals of smaller fish and squid - and away from hungry sharks.
- Hornsharks are named for the sharp spines located in front of their dorsal fins.
- Could there ever be a situation where it would be to the advantage of a swimming vertebrate to have such fragile fins?
- He then uses this to explain why there are no post-anal fins in fish: the tail is itself an appendage.
- A male frogfish courts a mature female by spreading all of his fins, jerking his body, and nibbling her as she swaggers across the ocean floor.
- Then we saw the triangular fin of what appeared to be a shark.
- It has dark patches along its sides and back, but perhaps its most telling feature is the long spines that protrude from all over its body, excluding the fins and face.
- Some fishes seek to compensate at low swimming speeds by extending their fins to increase area and hence the trimming force.
1. 1.1 An underwater swimmer's flipper.
  Example sentencesExamples
  But when you wear fins, your kick improves enough to make kicking worth the effort and you end up using use your legs more.
  The next steps involve the whole stroke, removing the fins, underwater kicking to stroke start and finally the block start.
  Now, the children are ready to try it on their own, using fins.
  It's important, too, to allow for flexibility within a workout, be it with fins, paddles or buoys.
  All swimmers would like to have fins instead of feet.
  You take a look around the pool and are surprised to see that a number of swimmers are using fins, especially on kick sets.
  To maximize your feel for this drill when first trying it, try wearing fins, which will also allow you to better maintain your balance while trying the drill.
  Finally, wear fins on some of your swimming sets.
  Using fins for drills and some kicking sometimes helps these swimmers.
  They offer everything from diving equipment and lessons, to snorkeling gear and swim fins for an enjoyable underwater experience merely feet from your room.
  You realize that swimming without fins has become unbearable.
  We recommend that beginners and all children 8 and under use short fins to perform this stroke.
  I do a fair bit of technique work with fins and those sorts of things just to improve my stroke and I think it has come on a bit over the last year
  A drill to develop this body position involves swimming with fins and a snorkel.
  Do this exercise with and without fins, with and without a kick board, on your back, side, and stomach.
  We wear fins and masks, and we also wear pink caps so we can be visualized by one another and not lose anyone.
  Training equipment such as kickboards, pull buoys, and fins help all swimmers to isolate or emphasize certain movements.
  You'll just need a pair of training fins (also known as flippers) to wear on your feet.
  ‘For sprint emphasis, we'll use short fins to simulate a more realistic natural kick,’ he says.
  Allowing a swimmer to use a fin would send a message that his impairment is a disability and not just a characteristic of who he is as a person.
2. 1.2 A small flattened projecting surface or attachment on an aircraft, rocket, or car, for providing aerodynamic stability.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The only obvious changes to the airframe are the new canopy and the taller fin extended back over the rudder.
  Simply described, the fins improve directional stability by channeling and smoothing the airflow around the tailcone.
  The control surfaces and the four fins open into position as the missile leaves the tube.
  The fins and horizontal tail consoles are attached to tail beams.
  A double-stepped bottom reduces the wetted surface area while above the water a fin at the rear stabilises the boat against cross-winds.
  Typically, moveable flaps on fins serve as airfoils.
  There it is to undergo refurbishments, including repairs to a stabiliser fin damaged in transit.
  The ship has two shafts with controllable pitch propellers, two rudders and a pair of active stabilising fins.
  Two downward sweeping stabilizing fins sat near the engines, adding to the triangular appearance of the ship.
  He noticed that the gun fire had damaged what looked like a stabilization fin.
  The vessel is fitted with two pairs of active stabilising fins and twin rudders and has bow and stern thrusters.
  When the pilot applied the brakes, the plane went forward on to its nose and turned upside down, causing serious damage to the aircraft nose and fin.
  Next, he explored a different aesthetic with less prominent fins, visible rocket thrusters, and less visible similarity to marine life.
  Years later when the definitive fin / rudder was retrofitted to this aircraft, these fairings remained unchanged.
  Attached to the end of the barrel are stationary fins that provide stability during flight.
  Aerodynamic fins located on the aft bay of the strap-ons also provided for flight control.
  It was at that time that another depth charge exploded close to the aft starboard fin.
  The centrifugal force of the roll causes the fins to unfold for aerodynamic stability in flight.
  Six spring-loaded fins are attached to the rear of the rocket motor.
  The center fin was a fixed surface, extending vertically above the stabilizer at the center line of the airplane.
3. 1.3 A flattened projection on a device, used for increasing heat transfer.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Actually, it's round and the idea behind it is that heat gets dissapated to the outer fins, where it gets cooled.
  The fins conduct heat from the tubes and then transfer it to the air flowing through the radiator.
  The copper strip is folded into corrugated fins and cut with louvers, or turbulizers, to increase heat-dissipation capacity.
  It literally sandblasts the car every time it goes on track and gradually erodes all the surfaces and the cooling fins on the radiators.
  Sandia's Mike Rightley said he has developed tiny liquid-filled pipes that shift heat to the edge of the computer where air fins or a tiny fan can disperse it into the air.
  They machined down the original fins of the power supply's heat sinks to create flat areas for attaching waterblocks.
  While the fins help dissipate the heat, you may be wondering where the fan is.
  This is another idea that in theory should help increase thermal conduction between the base and the fins, since they are all one piece.
  It relies on radiation and passive convection from the heatsink fins that surround it, to dissipate heat.
  Concrete structural fins act as shading devices on the north-south axis.
  The top and bottom of the Cool Drive have fins for heat dissipation.
  Looking closely at the fins you'll see that Hush's attention to detail is admirable, with each fin ridged for ultimate heat exchange.
  As you can see, they pack the copper fins pretty tight, allowing for pretty good heat dissipation, rated for 938.89 BTU per hour.
  The serrated fins actually increase the surface area to allow for more heat dissipation.
  Because of copper's heat retaining properties, thin fins are the way to go, coupled with an adequate fan.
  On the building exterior, shading devices such as roof overhangs and fins or louvers above windows reduce glare.
  There are a total of six heat pipes running from the base to the aluminum fins.
  In a normal heatsink, all the fins most be located close to the heat source (the CPU) to maximise dissipation.
  Its central element is the single-frame radiator grille, the outer chrome ring of which surrounds the painted grey fins of the grille with horizontal chrome strips.
  Framing the rear of the station are the blue internal heat radiator fins.

verbfins, finning, finned fɪnfɪn

no object, with adverbial of direction Swim under water by means of flippers.
we finned along the side of the wreck
Example sentencesExamples
- Do you find that you are finning all the time you are under water, unless resting on something.
- As we finned along the wreck, we were met by a large turtle munching contentedly on an outcrop of coral.
- Little protrudes in front of you, so the chest area is left clear for easy access to important equipment, and your legs don't bang and crash against the cylinders while finning.
- We finned through the old barge, past fans of black coral, and circled the wheelhouse, joined by schools of barracuda.
- We fell directly into the crater's mouth and finned over to the other side where, in deeper water, we caught a glimpse of several whitetip reef sharks.
- I am motionless among all this life, just hovering, watching, occasionally finning forward to get a closer look.
- A sand channel led us up and through to the other side, where we finned quickly towards the bow.
- I hung, just waiting like everybody else, and amused myself watching dozens of divers finning quickly from one area to another, as the false alarms of sightings started to rack up.
- One giant stride later, I was finning slowly towards the hull, watching as it disappeared into the sapphire gloom of 30m of water.
- It was finning slowly against the sandy bottom, down in the black heart of the river.
- I finned along the starboard side to the base of the bow, where I found a monster edible crab.
- After my release from the tangle of ropes, we finned past broken windows along a companionway, and found a door ripped from its hinges.
- By now I had identified the ammo box as the problem and dragged my way, hand over hand, up the boulder floor of the underwater part of the lake chamber, all the time finning madly.
- So I finned and finned, periodically popping my head out of the water.
- On one occasion we enjoyed a medium drift down a V-shaped channel, watching the usual teeming reef life flash by below and finning back every now and then to peer into crevices before being swept on.
- It was a great dive if you could ignore the other divers, finning along a vertical wall that disappeared into the blue depths, and with fish and corals of virtually every shape and colour at the top of the reef.
- The wreck lies on its port side, the only one of the light cruisers in this position, so we finned to the right along the now-vertical deck, taking in the sights.
- But so long as the whale shark made no discernible attempt to propel itself through the water I could, by finning vigorously, just about keep pace.
- We finned back along the port side and, after a bottom time of 15 minutes, our slow ascent up the shotline commenced.
- They then did some shallow water running followed by duck diving and finning (swimming with flippers).

Derivatives

finless

adjective

I drift in and out at their whims, sleeping for awhile and waking up later, having dreamed of those finless creatures staring at me, poking through my skin with little knife-things.
Example sentencesExamples
- Bodyboarding is about riding waves, however, and people have ridden waves prone on short, finless boards probably longer than they've been standing on any watercraft except boats.
- Researchers in inspection stations will closely watch the white-flag dolphins and finless porpoises.
- Below the iconic duo a trio of very sorry looking, finless, sharks are shown floundering.
- These butchered, finless, and fully conscious creatures, sink to the bottom.

finned

adjective ˈfɪndfɪnd

in combination long-finned pike

Origin

Old English finn, fin, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vin and probably ultimately to Latin pinna 'feather, wing'.

Rhymes

agin, akin, begin, Berlin, bin, Boleyn, Bryn, chin, chin-chin, Corinne, din, Finn, Flynn, gaijin, Glyn, grin, Gwyn, herein, Ho Chi Minh, in, inn, Jin, jinn, kin, Kweilin, linn, Lynn, mandolin, mandoline, Min, no-win, pin, Pinyin, quin, shin, sin, skin, spin, therein, thin, Tientsin, tin, Tonkin, Turin, twin, underpin, Vietminh, violin, wherein, whin, whipper-in, win, within, Wynne, yin

Definition of fin in US English:

fin

nounfɪnfin

1A flattened appendage on various parts of the body of many aquatic vertebrates and some invertebrates, including fish and cetaceans, used for propelling, steering, and balancing.
Example sentencesExamples
- Then we saw the triangular fin of what appeared to be a shark.
- Hornsharks are named for the sharp spines located in front of their dorsal fins.
- When overcrowding occurred in the water, some of these fish, using their fins as rudimentary feet, took to the land and changed from gill breathing to lung breathing.
- Some fishes seek to compensate at low swimming speeds by extending their fins to increase area and hence the trimming force.
- In essence, only the paired fins and the tail fin remain.
- It's a smooth skinned fish which can fold its small fins tight to the body, then, with its big sickle shaped tail, it can power itself through the water at some forty miles an hour.
- It has dark patches along its sides and back, but perhaps its most telling feature is the long spines that protrude from all over its body, excluding the fins and face.
- Could there ever be a situation where it would be to the advantage of a swimming vertebrate to have such fragile fins?
- Researchers say the fish shows how fins on freshwater species first began transforming into limbs some 380 million years ago.
- Once fully developed, they are released from the female and must attach to the gills or fins of a fish host within a few days or they will die.
- You can see in the photos it's got a little tail fin.
- Not a true eel, it has long pelvic fins, which help it find food.
- On the way back, I spotted a fin breaking the surface.
- A male frogfish courts a mature female by spreading all of his fins, jerking his body, and nibbling her as she swaggers across the ocean floor.
- The ancient bone shares features with primitive fish fins, but also has characteristics of a true limb bone.
- When hunting, they crawl on their outspread pectoral fins and sift through the sand.
- Powerful fins propel the streamlined fish toward meals of smaller fish and squid - and away from hungry sharks.
- Finally, several authors have suggested that a fin closing against the body may result in thrust due to the acceleration of a jet of fluid behind the fish.
- He then uses this to explain why there are no post-anal fins in fish: the tail is itself an appendage.
- Using its fins to balance, this fish is almost perfectly camouflaged against the background.
1. 1.1 An underwater swimmer's flipper.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The next steps involve the whole stroke, removing the fins, underwater kicking to stroke start and finally the block start.
  We wear fins and masks, and we also wear pink caps so we can be visualized by one another and not lose anyone.
  All swimmers would like to have fins instead of feet.
  ‘For sprint emphasis, we'll use short fins to simulate a more realistic natural kick,’ he says.
  Using fins for drills and some kicking sometimes helps these swimmers.
  Do this exercise with and without fins, with and without a kick board, on your back, side, and stomach.
  You realize that swimming without fins has become unbearable.
  Finally, wear fins on some of your swimming sets.
  We recommend that beginners and all children 8 and under use short fins to perform this stroke.
  But when you wear fins, your kick improves enough to make kicking worth the effort and you end up using use your legs more.
  I do a fair bit of technique work with fins and those sorts of things just to improve my stroke and I think it has come on a bit over the last year
  A drill to develop this body position involves swimming with fins and a snorkel.
  They offer everything from diving equipment and lessons, to snorkeling gear and swim fins for an enjoyable underwater experience merely feet from your room.
  Allowing a swimmer to use a fin would send a message that his impairment is a disability and not just a characteristic of who he is as a person.
  Training equipment such as kickboards, pull buoys, and fins help all swimmers to isolate or emphasize certain movements.
  Now, the children are ready to try it on their own, using fins.
  It's important, too, to allow for flexibility within a workout, be it with fins, paddles or buoys.
  To maximize your feel for this drill when first trying it, try wearing fins, which will also allow you to better maintain your balance while trying the drill.
  You take a look around the pool and are surprised to see that a number of swimmers are using fins, especially on kick sets.
  You'll just need a pair of training fins (also known as flippers) to wear on your feet.
2. 1.2 A small flattened projecting surface or attachment on an aircraft, rocket, or automobile, providing aerodynamic stability or serving as a design element.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Aerodynamic fins located on the aft bay of the strap-ons also provided for flight control.
  The control surfaces and the four fins open into position as the missile leaves the tube.
  When the pilot applied the brakes, the plane went forward on to its nose and turned upside down, causing serious damage to the aircraft nose and fin.
  The center fin was a fixed surface, extending vertically above the stabilizer at the center line of the airplane.
  He noticed that the gun fire had damaged what looked like a stabilization fin.
  The fins and horizontal tail consoles are attached to tail beams.
  Typically, moveable flaps on fins serve as airfoils.
  There it is to undergo refurbishments, including repairs to a stabiliser fin damaged in transit.
  Six spring-loaded fins are attached to the rear of the rocket motor.
  It was at that time that another depth charge exploded close to the aft starboard fin.
  The centrifugal force of the roll causes the fins to unfold for aerodynamic stability in flight.
  The ship has two shafts with controllable pitch propellers, two rudders and a pair of active stabilising fins.
  Next, he explored a different aesthetic with less prominent fins, visible rocket thrusters, and less visible similarity to marine life.
  Attached to the end of the barrel are stationary fins that provide stability during flight.
  A double-stepped bottom reduces the wetted surface area while above the water a fin at the rear stabilises the boat against cross-winds.
  The only obvious changes to the airframe are the new canopy and the taller fin extended back over the rudder.
  Two downward sweeping stabilizing fins sat near the engines, adding to the triangular appearance of the ship.
  Years later when the definitive fin / rudder was retrofitted to this aircraft, these fairings remained unchanged.
  The vessel is fitted with two pairs of active stabilising fins and twin rudders and has bow and stern thrusters.
  Simply described, the fins improve directional stability by channeling and smoothing the airflow around the tailcone.
3. 1.3 A flattened projection on a device, such as a radiator, used for increasing heat transfer.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Its central element is the single-frame radiator grille, the outer chrome ring of which surrounds the painted grey fins of the grille with horizontal chrome strips.
  The fins conduct heat from the tubes and then transfer it to the air flowing through the radiator.
  This is another idea that in theory should help increase thermal conduction between the base and the fins, since they are all one piece.
  There are a total of six heat pipes running from the base to the aluminum fins.
  In a normal heatsink, all the fins most be located close to the heat source (the CPU) to maximise dissipation.
  Actually, it's round and the idea behind it is that heat gets dissapated to the outer fins, where it gets cooled.
  As you can see, they pack the copper fins pretty tight, allowing for pretty good heat dissipation, rated for 938.89 BTU per hour.
  They machined down the original fins of the power supply's heat sinks to create flat areas for attaching waterblocks.
  On the building exterior, shading devices such as roof overhangs and fins or louvers above windows reduce glare.
  The serrated fins actually increase the surface area to allow for more heat dissipation.
  It literally sandblasts the car every time it goes on track and gradually erodes all the surfaces and the cooling fins on the radiators.
  Sandia's Mike Rightley said he has developed tiny liquid-filled pipes that shift heat to the edge of the computer where air fins or a tiny fan can disperse it into the air.
  Because of copper's heat retaining properties, thin fins are the way to go, coupled with an adequate fan.
  Looking closely at the fins you'll see that Hush's attention to detail is admirable, with each fin ridged for ultimate heat exchange.
  Framing the rear of the station are the blue internal heat radiator fins.
  The top and bottom of the Cool Drive have fins for heat dissipation.
  It relies on radiation and passive convection from the heatsink fins that surround it, to dissipate heat.
  The copper strip is folded into corrugated fins and cut with louvers, or turbulizers, to increase heat-dissipation capacity.
  While the fins help dissipate the heat, you may be wondering where the fan is.
  Concrete structural fins act as shading devices on the north-south axis.

verbfɪnfin

no object, with adverbial of direction Swim underwater by means of flippers.
I finned madly for the surface
Example sentencesExamples
- We finned through the old barge, past fans of black coral, and circled the wheelhouse, joined by schools of barracuda.
- After my release from the tangle of ropes, we finned past broken windows along a companionway, and found a door ripped from its hinges.
- A sand channel led us up and through to the other side, where we finned quickly towards the bow.
- On one occasion we enjoyed a medium drift down a V-shaped channel, watching the usual teeming reef life flash by below and finning back every now and then to peer into crevices before being swept on.
- As we finned along the wreck, we were met by a large turtle munching contentedly on an outcrop of coral.
- So I finned and finned, periodically popping my head out of the water.
- I hung, just waiting like everybody else, and amused myself watching dozens of divers finning quickly from one area to another, as the false alarms of sightings started to rack up.
- I am motionless among all this life, just hovering, watching, occasionally finning forward to get a closer look.
- But so long as the whale shark made no discernible attempt to propel itself through the water I could, by finning vigorously, just about keep pace.
- It was finning slowly against the sandy bottom, down in the black heart of the river.
- Little protrudes in front of you, so the chest area is left clear for easy access to important equipment, and your legs don't bang and crash against the cylinders while finning.
- One giant stride later, I was finning slowly towards the hull, watching as it disappeared into the sapphire gloom of 30m of water.
- I finned along the starboard side to the base of the bow, where I found a monster edible crab.
- It was a great dive if you could ignore the other divers, finning along a vertical wall that disappeared into the blue depths, and with fish and corals of virtually every shape and colour at the top of the reef.
- We fell directly into the crater's mouth and finned over to the other side where, in deeper water, we caught a glimpse of several whitetip reef sharks.
- Do you find that you are finning all the time you are under water, unless resting on something.
- The wreck lies on its port side, the only one of the light cruisers in this position, so we finned to the right along the now-vertical deck, taking in the sights.
- We finned back along the port side and, after a bottom time of 15 minutes, our slow ascent up the shotline commenced.
- By now I had identified the ammo box as the problem and dragged my way, hand over hand, up the boulder floor of the underwater part of the lake chamber, all the time finning madly.
- They then did some shallow water running followed by duck diving and finning (swimming with flippers).

Origin

Old English finn, fin, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vin and probably ultimately to Latin pinna ‘feather, wing’.

单词	fin
释义	Definition of fin in English: fin nounPlural fins fɪnfɪn 1A flattened appendage on various parts of the body of many aquatic vertebrates, including fish and cetaceans, and some invertebrates, used for propelling, steering, and balancing. Example sentencesExamples It's a smooth skinned fish which can fold its small fins tight to the body, then, with its big sickle shaped tail, it can power itself through the water at some forty miles an hour. Using its fins to balance, this fish is almost perfectly camouflaged against the background. When overcrowding occurred in the water, some of these fish, using their fins as rudimentary feet, took to the land and changed from gill breathing to lung breathing. In essence, only the paired fins and the tail fin remain. Once fully developed, they are released from the female and must attach to the gills or fins of a fish host within a few days or they will die. The ancient bone shares features with primitive fish fins, but also has characteristics of a true limb bone. On the way back, I spotted a fin breaking the surface. When hunting, they crawl on their outspread pectoral fins and sift through the sand. Finally, several authors have suggested that a fin closing against the body may result in thrust due to the acceleration of a jet of fluid behind the fish. Not a true eel, it has long pelvic fins, which help it find food. Researchers say the fish shows how fins on freshwater species first began transforming into limbs some 380 million years ago. You can see in the photos it's got a little tail fin. Powerful fins propel the streamlined fish toward meals of smaller fish and squid - and away from hungry sharks. Hornsharks are named for the sharp spines located in front of their dorsal fins. Could there ever be a situation where it would be to the advantage of a swimming vertebrate to have such fragile fins? He then uses this to explain why there are no post-anal fins in fish: the tail is itself an appendage. A male frogfish courts a mature female by spreading all of his fins, jerking his body, and nibbling her as she swaggers across the ocean floor. Then we saw the triangular fin of what appeared to be a shark. It has dark patches along its sides and back, but perhaps its most telling feature is the long spines that protrude from all over its body, excluding the fins and face. Some fishes seek to compensate at low swimming speeds by extending their fins to increase area and hence the trimming force. 1.1 An underwater swimmer's flipper. Example sentencesExamples But when you wear fins, your kick improves enough to make kicking worth the effort and you end up using use your legs more. The next steps involve the whole stroke, removing the fins, underwater kicking to stroke start and finally the block start. Now, the children are ready to try it on their own, using fins. It's important, too, to allow for flexibility within a workout, be it with fins, paddles or buoys. All swimmers would like to have fins instead of feet. You take a look around the pool and are surprised to see that a number of swimmers are using fins, especially on kick sets. To maximize your feel for this drill when first trying it, try wearing fins, which will also allow you to better maintain your balance while trying the drill. Finally, wear fins on some of your swimming sets. Using fins for drills and some kicking sometimes helps these swimmers. They offer everything from diving equipment and lessons, to snorkeling gear and swim fins for an enjoyable underwater experience merely feet from your room. You realize that swimming without fins has become unbearable. We recommend that beginners and all children 8 and under use short fins to perform this stroke. I do a fair bit of technique work with fins and those sorts of things just to improve my stroke and I think it has come on a bit over the last year A drill to develop this body position involves swimming with fins and a snorkel. Do this exercise with and without fins, with and without a kick board, on your back, side, and stomach. We wear fins and masks, and we also wear pink caps so we can be visualized by one another and not lose anyone. Training equipment such as kickboards, pull buoys, and fins help all swimmers to isolate or emphasize certain movements. You'll just need a pair of training fins (also known as flippers) to wear on your feet. ‘For sprint emphasis, we'll use short fins to simulate a more realistic natural kick,’ he says. Allowing a swimmer to use a fin would send a message that his impairment is a disability and not just a characteristic of who he is as a person. 1.2 A small flattened projecting surface or attachment on an aircraft, rocket, or car, for providing aerodynamic stability. Example sentencesExamples The only obvious changes to the airframe are the new canopy and the taller fin extended back over the rudder. Simply described, the fins improve directional stability by channeling and smoothing the airflow around the tailcone. The control surfaces and the four fins open into position as the missile leaves the tube. The fins and horizontal tail consoles are attached to tail beams. A double-stepped bottom reduces the wetted surface area while above the water a fin at the rear stabilises the boat against cross-winds. Typically, moveable flaps on fins serve as airfoils. There it is to undergo refurbishments, including repairs to a stabiliser fin damaged in transit. The ship has two shafts with controllable pitch propellers, two rudders and a pair of active stabilising fins. Two downward sweeping stabilizing fins sat near the engines, adding to the triangular appearance of the ship. He noticed that the gun fire had damaged what looked like a stabilization fin. The vessel is fitted with two pairs of active stabilising fins and twin rudders and has bow and stern thrusters. When the pilot applied the brakes, the plane went forward on to its nose and turned upside down, causing serious damage to the aircraft nose and fin. Next, he explored a different aesthetic with less prominent fins, visible rocket thrusters, and less visible similarity to marine life. Years later when the definitive fin / rudder was retrofitted to this aircraft, these fairings remained unchanged. Attached to the end of the barrel are stationary fins that provide stability during flight. Aerodynamic fins located on the aft bay of the strap-ons also provided for flight control. It was at that time that another depth charge exploded close to the aft starboard fin. The centrifugal force of the roll causes the fins to unfold for aerodynamic stability in flight. Six spring-loaded fins are attached to the rear of the rocket motor. The center fin was a fixed surface, extending vertically above the stabilizer at the center line of the airplane. 1.3 A flattened projection on a device, used for increasing heat transfer. Example sentencesExamples Actually, it's round and the idea behind it is that heat gets dissapated to the outer fins, where it gets cooled. The fins conduct heat from the tubes and then transfer it to the air flowing through the radiator. The copper strip is folded into corrugated fins and cut with louvers, or turbulizers, to increase heat-dissipation capacity. It literally sandblasts the car every time it goes on track and gradually erodes all the surfaces and the cooling fins on the radiators. Sandia's Mike Rightley said he has developed tiny liquid-filled pipes that shift heat to the edge of the computer where air fins or a tiny fan can disperse it into the air. They machined down the original fins of the power supply's heat sinks to create flat areas for attaching waterblocks. While the fins help dissipate the heat, you may be wondering where the fan is. This is another idea that in theory should help increase thermal conduction between the base and the fins, since they are all one piece. It relies on radiation and passive convection from the heatsink fins that surround it, to dissipate heat. Concrete structural fins act as shading devices on the north-south axis. The top and bottom of the Cool Drive have fins for heat dissipation. Looking closely at the fins you'll see that Hush's attention to detail is admirable, with each fin ridged for ultimate heat exchange. As you can see, they pack the copper fins pretty tight, allowing for pretty good heat dissipation, rated for 938.89 BTU per hour. The serrated fins actually increase the surface area to allow for more heat dissipation. Because of copper's heat retaining properties, thin fins are the way to go, coupled with an adequate fan. On the building exterior, shading devices such as roof overhangs and fins or louvers above windows reduce glare. There are a total of six heat pipes running from the base to the aluminum fins. In a normal heatsink, all the fins most be located close to the heat source (the CPU) to maximise dissipation. Its central element is the single-frame radiator grille, the outer chrome ring of which surrounds the painted grey fins of the grille with horizontal chrome strips. Framing the rear of the station are the blue internal heat radiator fins. verbfins, finning, finned fɪnfɪn no object, with adverbial of direction Swim under water by means of flippers. we finned along the side of the wreck Example sentencesExamples Do you find that you are finning all the time you are under water, unless resting on something. As we finned along the wreck, we were met by a large turtle munching contentedly on an outcrop of coral. Little protrudes in front of you, so the chest area is left clear for easy access to important equipment, and your legs don't bang and crash against the cylinders while finning. We finned through the old barge, past fans of black coral, and circled the wheelhouse, joined by schools of barracuda. We fell directly into the crater's mouth and finned over to the other side where, in deeper water, we caught a glimpse of several whitetip reef sharks. I am motionless among all this life, just hovering, watching, occasionally finning forward to get a closer look. A sand channel led us up and through to the other side, where we finned quickly towards the bow. I hung, just waiting like everybody else, and amused myself watching dozens of divers finning quickly from one area to another, as the false alarms of sightings started to rack up. One giant stride later, I was finning slowly towards the hull, watching as it disappeared into the sapphire gloom of 30m of water. It was finning slowly against the sandy bottom, down in the black heart of the river. I finned along the starboard side to the base of the bow, where I found a monster edible crab. After my release from the tangle of ropes, we finned past broken windows along a companionway, and found a door ripped from its hinges. By now I had identified the ammo box as the problem and dragged my way, hand over hand, up the boulder floor of the underwater part of the lake chamber, all the time finning madly. So I finned and finned, periodically popping my head out of the water. On one occasion we enjoyed a medium drift down a V-shaped channel, watching the usual teeming reef life flash by below and finning back every now and then to peer into crevices before being swept on. It was a great dive if you could ignore the other divers, finning along a vertical wall that disappeared into the blue depths, and with fish and corals of virtually every shape and colour at the top of the reef. The wreck lies on its port side, the only one of the light cruisers in this position, so we finned to the right along the now-vertical deck, taking in the sights. But so long as the whale shark made no discernible attempt to propel itself through the water I could, by finning vigorously, just about keep pace. We finned back along the port side and, after a bottom time of 15 minutes, our slow ascent up the shotline commenced. They then did some shallow water running followed by duck diving and finning (swimming with flippers). Derivatives finless adjective I drift in and out at their whims, sleeping for awhile and waking up later, having dreamed of those finless creatures staring at me, poking through my skin with little knife-things. Example sentencesExamples Bodyboarding is about riding waves, however, and people have ridden waves prone on short, finless boards probably longer than they've been standing on any watercraft except boats. Researchers in inspection stations will closely watch the white-flag dolphins and finless porpoises. Below the iconic duo a trio of very sorry looking, finless, sharks are shown floundering. These butchered, finless, and fully conscious creatures, sink to the bottom. finned adjective ˈfɪndfɪnd in combination long-finned pike Origin Old English finn, fin, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vin and probably ultimately to Latin pinna 'feather, wing'. Rhymes agin, akin, begin, Berlin, bin, Boleyn, Bryn, chin, chin-chin, Corinne, din, Finn, Flynn, gaijin, Glyn, grin, Gwyn, herein, Ho Chi Minh, in, inn, Jin, jinn, kin, Kweilin, linn, Lynn, mandolin, mandoline, Min, no-win, pin, Pinyin, quin, shin, sin, skin, spin, therein, thin, Tientsin, tin, Tonkin, Turin, twin, underpin, Vietminh, violin, wherein, whin, whipper-in, win, within, Wynne, yin Definition of fin in US English: fin nounfɪnfin 1A flattened appendage on various parts of the body of many aquatic vertebrates and some invertebrates, including fish and cetaceans, used for propelling, steering, and balancing. Example sentencesExamples Then we saw the triangular fin of what appeared to be a shark. Hornsharks are named for the sharp spines located in front of their dorsal fins. When overcrowding occurred in the water, some of these fish, using their fins as rudimentary feet, took to the land and changed from gill breathing to lung breathing. Some fishes seek to compensate at low swimming speeds by extending their fins to increase area and hence the trimming force. In essence, only the paired fins and the tail fin remain. It's a smooth skinned fish which can fold its small fins tight to the body, then, with its big sickle shaped tail, it can power itself through the water at some forty miles an hour. It has dark patches along its sides and back, but perhaps its most telling feature is the long spines that protrude from all over its body, excluding the fins and face. Could there ever be a situation where it would be to the advantage of a swimming vertebrate to have such fragile fins? Researchers say the fish shows how fins on freshwater species first began transforming into limbs some 380 million years ago. Once fully developed, they are released from the female and must attach to the gills or fins of a fish host within a few days or they will die. You can see in the photos it's got a little tail fin. Not a true eel, it has long pelvic fins, which help it find food. On the way back, I spotted a fin breaking the surface. A male frogfish courts a mature female by spreading all of his fins, jerking his body, and nibbling her as she swaggers across the ocean floor. The ancient bone shares features with primitive fish fins, but also has characteristics of a true limb bone. When hunting, they crawl on their outspread pectoral fins and sift through the sand. Powerful fins propel the streamlined fish toward meals of smaller fish and squid - and away from hungry sharks. Finally, several authors have suggested that a fin closing against the body may result in thrust due to the acceleration of a jet of fluid behind the fish. He then uses this to explain why there are no post-anal fins in fish: the tail is itself an appendage. Using its fins to balance, this fish is almost perfectly camouflaged against the background. 1.1 An underwater swimmer's flipper. Example sentencesExamples The next steps involve the whole stroke, removing the fins, underwater kicking to stroke start and finally the block start. We wear fins and masks, and we also wear pink caps so we can be visualized by one another and not lose anyone. All swimmers would like to have fins instead of feet. ‘For sprint emphasis, we'll use short fins to simulate a more realistic natural kick,’ he says. Using fins for drills and some kicking sometimes helps these swimmers. Do this exercise with and without fins, with and without a kick board, on your back, side, and stomach. You realize that swimming without fins has become unbearable. Finally, wear fins on some of your swimming sets. We recommend that beginners and all children 8 and under use short fins to perform this stroke. But when you wear fins, your kick improves enough to make kicking worth the effort and you end up using use your legs more. I do a fair bit of technique work with fins and those sorts of things just to improve my stroke and I think it has come on a bit over the last year A drill to develop this body position involves swimming with fins and a snorkel. They offer everything from diving equipment and lessons, to snorkeling gear and swim fins for an enjoyable underwater experience merely feet from your room. Allowing a swimmer to use a fin would send a message that his impairment is a disability and not just a characteristic of who he is as a person. Training equipment such as kickboards, pull buoys, and fins help all swimmers to isolate or emphasize certain movements. Now, the children are ready to try it on their own, using fins. It's important, too, to allow for flexibility within a workout, be it with fins, paddles or buoys. To maximize your feel for this drill when first trying it, try wearing fins, which will also allow you to better maintain your balance while trying the drill. You take a look around the pool and are surprised to see that a number of swimmers are using fins, especially on kick sets. You'll just need a pair of training fins (also known as flippers) to wear on your feet. 1.2 A small flattened projecting surface or attachment on an aircraft, rocket, or automobile, providing aerodynamic stability or serving as a design element. Example sentencesExamples Aerodynamic fins located on the aft bay of the strap-ons also provided for flight control. The control surfaces and the four fins open into position as the missile leaves the tube. When the pilot applied the brakes, the plane went forward on to its nose and turned upside down, causing serious damage to the aircraft nose and fin. The center fin was a fixed surface, extending vertically above the stabilizer at the center line of the airplane. He noticed that the gun fire had damaged what looked like a stabilization fin. The fins and horizontal tail consoles are attached to tail beams. Typically, moveable flaps on fins serve as airfoils. There it is to undergo refurbishments, including repairs to a stabiliser fin damaged in transit. Six spring-loaded fins are attached to the rear of the rocket motor. It was at that time that another depth charge exploded close to the aft starboard fin. The centrifugal force of the roll causes the fins to unfold for aerodynamic stability in flight. The ship has two shafts with controllable pitch propellers, two rudders and a pair of active stabilising fins. Next, he explored a different aesthetic with less prominent fins, visible rocket thrusters, and less visible similarity to marine life. Attached to the end of the barrel are stationary fins that provide stability during flight. A double-stepped bottom reduces the wetted surface area while above the water a fin at the rear stabilises the boat against cross-winds. The only obvious changes to the airframe are the new canopy and the taller fin extended back over the rudder. Two downward sweeping stabilizing fins sat near the engines, adding to the triangular appearance of the ship. Years later when the definitive fin / rudder was retrofitted to this aircraft, these fairings remained unchanged. The vessel is fitted with two pairs of active stabilising fins and twin rudders and has bow and stern thrusters. Simply described, the fins improve directional stability by channeling and smoothing the airflow around the tailcone. 1.3 A flattened projection on a device, such as a radiator, used for increasing heat transfer. Example sentencesExamples Its central element is the single-frame radiator grille, the outer chrome ring of which surrounds the painted grey fins of the grille with horizontal chrome strips. The fins conduct heat from the tubes and then transfer it to the air flowing through the radiator. This is another idea that in theory should help increase thermal conduction between the base and the fins, since they are all one piece. There are a total of six heat pipes running from the base to the aluminum fins. In a normal heatsink, all the fins most be located close to the heat source (the CPU) to maximise dissipation. Actually, it's round and the idea behind it is that heat gets dissapated to the outer fins, where it gets cooled. As you can see, they pack the copper fins pretty tight, allowing for pretty good heat dissipation, rated for 938.89 BTU per hour. They machined down the original fins of the power supply's heat sinks to create flat areas for attaching waterblocks. On the building exterior, shading devices such as roof overhangs and fins or louvers above windows reduce glare. The serrated fins actually increase the surface area to allow for more heat dissipation. It literally sandblasts the car every time it goes on track and gradually erodes all the surfaces and the cooling fins on the radiators. Sandia's Mike Rightley said he has developed tiny liquid-filled pipes that shift heat to the edge of the computer where air fins or a tiny fan can disperse it into the air. Because of copper's heat retaining properties, thin fins are the way to go, coupled with an adequate fan. Looking closely at the fins you'll see that Hush's attention to detail is admirable, with each fin ridged for ultimate heat exchange. Framing the rear of the station are the blue internal heat radiator fins. The top and bottom of the Cool Drive have fins for heat dissipation. It relies on radiation and passive convection from the heatsink fins that surround it, to dissipate heat. The copper strip is folded into corrugated fins and cut with louvers, or turbulizers, to increase heat-dissipation capacity. While the fins help dissipate the heat, you may be wondering where the fan is. Concrete structural fins act as shading devices on the north-south axis. verbfɪnfin no object, with adverbial of direction Swim underwater by means of flippers. I finned madly for the surface Example sentencesExamples We finned through the old barge, past fans of black coral, and circled the wheelhouse, joined by schools of barracuda. After my release from the tangle of ropes, we finned past broken windows along a companionway, and found a door ripped from its hinges. A sand channel led us up and through to the other side, where we finned quickly towards the bow. On one occasion we enjoyed a medium drift down a V-shaped channel, watching the usual teeming reef life flash by below and finning back every now and then to peer into crevices before being swept on. As we finned along the wreck, we were met by a large turtle munching contentedly on an outcrop of coral. So I finned and finned, periodically popping my head out of the water. I hung, just waiting like everybody else, and amused myself watching dozens of divers finning quickly from one area to another, as the false alarms of sightings started to rack up. I am motionless among all this life, just hovering, watching, occasionally finning forward to get a closer look. But so long as the whale shark made no discernible attempt to propel itself through the water I could, by finning vigorously, just about keep pace. It was finning slowly against the sandy bottom, down in the black heart of the river. Little protrudes in front of you, so the chest area is left clear for easy access to important equipment, and your legs don't bang and crash against the cylinders while finning. One giant stride later, I was finning slowly towards the hull, watching as it disappeared into the sapphire gloom of 30m of water. I finned along the starboard side to the base of the bow, where I found a monster edible crab. It was a great dive if you could ignore the other divers, finning along a vertical wall that disappeared into the blue depths, and with fish and corals of virtually every shape and colour at the top of the reef. We fell directly into the crater's mouth and finned over to the other side where, in deeper water, we caught a glimpse of several whitetip reef sharks. Do you find that you are finning all the time you are under water, unless resting on something. The wreck lies on its port side, the only one of the light cruisers in this position, so we finned to the right along the now-vertical deck, taking in the sights. We finned back along the port side and, after a bottom time of 15 minutes, our slow ascent up the shotline commenced. By now I had identified the ammo box as the problem and dragged my way, hand over hand, up the boulder floor of the underwater part of the lake chamber, all the time finning madly. They then did some shallow water running followed by duck diving and finning (swimming with flippers). Origin Old English finn, fin, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vin and probably ultimately to Latin pinna ‘feather, wing’.
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