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Definition of Fin
Pronunciation: fĭn | v. t. | 1. | To carve or cut up, as a chub. | | n. | 1. | End; conclusion; object. | | 1. | (Zool.) 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. | | 2. | (Zool.) A membranous, finlike, swimming organ, as in pteropod and heteropod mollusks. | | 3. | (Com.) A finlike organ or attachment; a part of an object or product which protrudes like a fin | | 4. | (Mech.) A feather; a spline. | | 4. | A finlike appendage, as to submarine boats. | | 5. | (Aëronautics) A fixed stabilizing surface, usually vertical, similar in purpose to a bilge keel on a ship. |
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