ALL meanings of tail fin
tail fin
T t - noun tail fin rear fin of a fish 1
- noun tail fin a membranous, winglike or paddlelike organ attached to any of various parts of the body of fishes and certain other aquatic animals, used for propulsion, steering, or balancing. 1
- noun tail fin Nautical. a horizontal, often adjustable, winglike appendage to the underwater portion of a hull, as one for controlling the dive of a submarine or for damping the roll of a surface vessel. fin keel. 1
- noun tail fin Also called vertical stabilizer. Aeronautics. any of certain small, subsidiary structures on an aircraft, designed to increase directional stability. 1
- noun tail fin any of a number of standing ridges on an ordinarily hot object, as a radiator, a cylinder of an internal-combustion engine, etc., intended to maximize heat transfer to the surrounding air by exposing a large surface area. 1
- noun tail fin any part, as of a mechanism, resembling a fin. 1
- noun tail fin Metallurgy. a ridge of metal squeezed through the opening between two rolls, dies, or halves of a mold in which a piece is being formed under pressure. Compare flash (def 11). 1
- noun tail fin Automotive. an ornamental structure resembling an aeronautical fin that is attached to the body of an automobile, as on each rear fender (tail fin) 1
- noun tail fin Slang. the arm or hand. 1
- noun tail fin Usually, fins. flipper (def 2). 1
- verb with object tail fin to cut off the fins from (a fish); carve or cut up, as a chub. 1
- verb with object tail fin to provide or equip with a fin or fins. 1
- verb without object tail fin to move the fins; lash the water with the fins, as a whale when dying. 1
- noun tail fin a fixed or adjustable fin on the rear of a rocket, car, etc. 0
- noun tail fin a movable fin that forms the tail of a fish, the fluke of a whale, etc. 0