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One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.

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The fish's fins minimize water flow.

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A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.

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a dolphin's fin

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A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.

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The fin stabilises the plane in flight.

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A similar structure on the tail of a bomb, used to help keep it on course.

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A hairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is combed and set into a vertical ridge along the top of the head from about the crown to the forehead.

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A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.

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The divers wore fins to swim faster.

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An extending part on a surface of a radiator, engine, heatsink, etc., used to facilitate cooling.

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A sharp raised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roof membrane or vapor retarder.

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To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.

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(Of a fish) to swim with the dorsal fin above the surface of the water.

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To swim in the manner of a fish.

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A neutrally buoyant diver does not need to fin to maintain depth.

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To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins.

The dorsal fin, near the middle of the back, is low and triangular.

His great reputation and his diplomatic experience gave a special weight to the attacks which he published on the policy of the continental allies, two of his works attracting special attention, Du Congres de Troppau ou Examen des pretentions des monarchies absolues a l'egard de la monarchie constitutionelle de Naples (Paris, 1821), and Les Cabinets et les peuples depuis 1815 jusqu'd la fin de 1822 (Paris, 1822).

Dean said as the others returned to work, Rita shaking her head in disgust and Harrigan trying to talk on the phone by sticking a finger in one ear.

On the other hand, in discussing the ontological argument, Lotze commits himself to a moral a priori (below, ad fin.).

See also Alexander The Great (ad fin.).

Install the first screw at the center hole on the top fin.

Lift the window, set it in place and secure the window temporarily by hammering a two-inch galvanized roofing nail through the corner of the nailing fin.

The first of these was Ober den Unsprung andCharakterdesKrieges gegen die franzosische Revolution (1801), by many regarded as Gentz's masterpiece; another important brochure, Von dem politischen Zustande von Europa vor and nach der Revolution, a criticism of Hauterive's De l'etat de la France a la fin de l'an VIII, appeared the same year.

Recenter until the panes slide properly, then finish screwing the rest of the holes on every fin.

Apply a bead of caulk around the inside nailing fin on the new window.

If everything is level and square, head back outside and secure the window to the house by hammering nails around the nailing fin.

The Helio Fin is basically a rebranded version of the Samsung SPH-A513.

Instead of olive green, it's pale gray and has a large fin at the back.

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The Heteropoda exhibit a series of modifications in the form and proportions of the visceral mass and foot, leading from a condition readily comparable with that of a typical Pectinibranch such as Rostellaria, with the three regions of the foot strongly marked and a coiled visceral hump of the usual proportions, up to a condition in which the whole body is of a tapering cylindrical shape, the foot a plate-like vertical fin, and the visceral hump almost completely atrophied.

The gobies (Gobius) are small fishes readily recognized by their ventrals (the fins on the lower surface of the chest) being united into one fin, forming a suctorial disk, by which these fishes are enabled to attach themselves in every possible position to a rock or other firm substances.

The head is rather short and rounded; the fore limbs or paddles are small and broad compared with those of most dolphins; and (as in the beluga) a dorsal fin, found in nearly all other members of the group, is wanting.

It is distinguished from the common porpoise externally by its black hue and the absence of a dorsal fin.

The lower jaw projects more or less beyond the upper, the mental barble is small, sometimes rudimentary, the vent is below the posterior half of the first dorsal fin, and there is a dark spot in the axil of the pectoral fin.

The growth and population of London previous to the Igth century is considered under Histor y, ad fin.

The first dorsal fin and the ventrals are transformed into pointed formidable spines, and joined to firm bony plates of the endoskeleton.

The ten-spined stickleback (Gastrosteus pungitius) is so called from the number of spines usually composing its first dorsal fin, which, however, may be sometimes reduced to eight or nine or increased to eleven.

The most marked case of such inversion in comparative anatomy is that of Carl Gegenbaur (5826-5903), who in arranging the fins of fishes in support of his theory that the fin of the Australian.

The external similarity in the fore paddle and back fin of these three marine animals is absolute, although they are totally unrelated to each other, and have a totally different internal or skeletal structure.

The ventral fins are slightly anterior to the origin of the dorsal fin; and the spine consists of from fortyseven to forty-nine vertebrae.

A criticism of the various hedonistic theories will be found in the article Ethics (ad fin.).

The variety most highly prized has an extremely short snout, eyes which almost wholly project beyond the orbit, no dorsal fin, and a very long threeor four-lobed caudal fin (Telescope-fish).

With the exception of his description of the French Revolution, which was chiefly a political manifesto, all his early works refer to the middle ages - De La feodalite, des institutions de Saint Louis et de l'influence de la legislation de ce prince (1822); La Germanic au vin e et au ix' siecle, sa conversion au christianisme, et son introduction dans la societe civilisee de l'Europe occidentale (1834); Essai sur la formation territoriale et politique de la France depuis la fin du xi e siècle jusqu'et la fin du xv e (1836); all of these are rough sketches showing only the outlines of the subject.

By this it is brought into contact with the fin of a fish, such as perch, stickleback or others, and effects a hold thereon by means of the toothed edge of its shells.

Along each side of the body stretches a horizontal fin and a similar flange surrounds the tail.

Krohnia P. Langerhans, with one lateral fin on each side, extending on to the tail.

Spadella P. Langerhans, with a pair of lateral fins on the tail and a thickened ectodermic ridge running back on each side from the head to the anterior end of the fin.

Their position in Mesopotamia must have been very like that of the Shammar at the present time (see ad fin.).

The fish is characterized by its large scales (34 to 40 in the lateral line), its long dorsal fin, the first ray of which is stiff and serrated, and the presence of two small barbels on each side of the mouth.

The weevers are poisonous and the venom is concentrated principally in the six spines of the first dorsal fin.

For protective purposes soles, which are edible, also lie buried in or on the sand which they match in colour, with the exception of the right or upper pectoral fin which has a large black patch.

If the view that the sole is protected by the blackness of the pectoral fin resembling the blackness of the dorsal fin of the weever, be correct, these fishes furnish an instance of Batesian mimicry.

It is probable that the resemblance between Uranoscopus and Trachinus with respect to the colour of the dorsal fin is mutually beneficial to the two fishes.

Fishes were abundant, many of the smaller ganoids are beautifully preserved in an entire condition, other larger forms are represented by fin spines, teeth and bones; Ctenodus, Uronemus, Acanthodes, Cheirodus, Gyracanthus are characteristic genera.

Details of this development will be found in the article NAVY (see also History below, ad fin.).

The vent is below the anterior half of the first dorsal fin.

A black spot above the base of the pectoral fin is another distinguishing mark.

The fish resembles a sprat in having a forked tail and a single dorsal fin, but the body is round and slender.

The back of the body is occupied by a crest, called the dorsal fin, consisting of a hollow ridge, the cavity of which is divided into about 250 compartments or fin chambers, into each of which, with the exception of those near the anterior and posterior end of the body, projects a stout pillar composed of characteristic laminar tissue, the fin ray.

The dorsal crest is continued round both extremities, becoming expanded to form the rostral fin in front and the caudal fin behind.

The ventral side of the body in the atrial region is broad and convex, so that the body presents the appearance of a spherical triangle in transverse section, the apex being formed by the dorsal fin and the angles bordered by two hollow folds, the metapleural folds, each of which contains a continuous longitudinal lymph-space, the metapleural canal.

For stronger moisture control and an added insulation barrier, consider applying window and door insulation tape around the window so it covers the nailing fin completely.

As well, the fin can be used to help pull a child out of the water in an emergency situation, giving the parent one extra option to grab in case the need arises.

Much like the Helio Ocean, the way that you access the Helio PDA programming on your Helio Fin is through the PLAN menu.

Fin rot is not so much a disease as it is the result or symptom of a primary or secondary infection.