Fan

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Fan or FAN may refer to:

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Technology [edit]

  • Mechanical fan, a machine for producing airflow, often for cooling
    • Computer fan (or CPU Fan), a machine for cooling off the electronics contained within a computer
  • Hand fan, an implement held and waved by hand to move air
  • Future Air Navigation System (or FANS), an air traffic control scheme also known as CNS/ATM

Entertainment [edit]

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Geology [edit]

One of several types of fan-shaped deposits of sediment caused by the flow of streams or glacial melt:

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Biology [edit]

Other uses [edit]

  • Fan (geometry), the set of all planes through a given line
  • Fan (surname) (Chinese character: 范, pinyin: Fàn), a common Chinese surname
  • Fan, the legendary descendant of the Yellow Emperor claimed as the progenitor of the Su clan in China
  • Japanese war fan, an object used in Japanese feudal warfare, also used in martial arts
  • Fang language (ISO 639-2 code)

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