Download the app
educalingo
tailfin

Meaning of "tailfin" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF TAILFIN

ˈteɪlˌfɪn


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TAILFIN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tailfin is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TAILFIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of tailfin in the English dictionary

The first definition of tailfin in the dictionary is the fin situated at the tail of a fish, caudal fin. Other definition of tailfin is a vertical fin situated at the rear of an aircraft to give lateral stability. Tailfin is also a protruding decorative projection on the rear of a car.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TAILFIN

blackfin · bloodfin · bluefin · bowfin · Ecofin · lobefin · redfin · seraphin · soupfin · threadfin · yellowfin

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TAILFIN

tail-like · tail-off · tailard · tailback · tailboard · tailbone · tailcoated · tailender · tailer · taileron · tailfly · tailgate · tailgater · tailgating · tailhopping · tailing · tailings · taille · tailless · taillessness

WORDS THAT END LIKE TAILFIN

anal fin · Baffin · caudal fin · chromaffin · coffin · cuffin · elfin · English muffin · griffin · liquid paraffin · MacGuffin · McGuffin · muffin · olefin · paraffin · polyolefin · puffin · ragamuffin · serafin · tiffin

Synonyms and antonyms of tailfin in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tailfin» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF TAILFIN

Find out the translation of tailfin to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of tailfin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tailfin» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

尾翼
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

tailfin
570 millions of speakers
en

English

tailfin
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

टेलफिन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

tailfin
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

киле
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

tailfin
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

পুচ্ছ পাখনা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

tailfin
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Tailfin
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Heckflosse
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

尾翼
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

tailfin
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Tailfin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tailfin
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

டெயில்ஃபின்னும்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

टेलफिन
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

kuyruk yüzgeci
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

tailfin
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

tailfin
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

килі
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

tailfin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

tailfin
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tailfin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tailfin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tailfin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tailfin

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TAILFIN»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of tailfin
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «tailfin».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tailfin

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAILFIN»

Discover the use of tailfin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tailfin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cadillac: The Tailfin Years
Cadillac: The Tail Fin Years, takes an in-depth look at the years from 1948 to 1964, one of the most recognized era in automotive styling.
Robert J. Headrick Jr, 2008
2
Tailfin
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The tailfin era of automobile styling encompassed the 1950s and 1960s, peaking between 1957 and 1960.
Lambert M Surhone, Mariam T Tennoe, Susan F Henssonow, 2011
3
Handbook of Aviation Human Factors, Second Edition
Over the next decade, the tailfin generally continued its climb, until 1959 when it set an altitude record at about 38 in. above the tarmac (see Figure 16.1), 2.5 in. above the same model year Chrysler New Yorker, and 3.75 in. above the previous ...
John A. Wise, V. David Hopkin, Daniel J. Garland, 2009
4
The Car Show:
Back | Home | Up | Next The height of the tailfin era; the 1959 Cadillac. Not fintails , but "sight lines" on a Mercedes 190D. The tailfin era of automobile styling encompassed the 1950s and 1960s, peaking between 1958 and 1960. It was a style ...
Nicolae Sfetcu, 2014
5
Intelligence: A Brief History
This would have the overall effect of allowing the species of fish to evolve into one with generally larger (as large as they need to be to outswim predators), but still variable, tailfin sizes. If all of the fish in the species had the exact same size ...
Anna T. Cianciolo, Robert J. Sternberg, 2008
6
Ant Farm, 1968-1978
Concurrently, you saw the illustration of the evolution of the Cadillac tailfin in The Look of Cars.9 DOUG : It was more than an image in a book. That image was a visceral, real-life experience when Chip, Hudson, and I were growing up.
Constance Lewallen, Steve Seid, Ant Farm (Design group), 2004
7
Issues in Anatomy, Physiology, Metabolism, Morphology, and ...
(2010 MAY 10) Wageningen University and Research Center: Tailfin clipping, a painful procedure: Studies on Nile tilapia and common carp A new study, 'Tailfin clipping, a painful procedure: Studies on Nile tilapia and common carp,' is now ...
‎2012
8
Made to Break: Technology and Obsolescence in America
Inspired by the P-38 Lightning Fighter, tailfin were firs introduced on the 1948 Cadillac by Frank Hershey, one of Harley Earl's designers at General Motors. Earl himself did not like fin at firs and ordered them removed from the 1949 Cadillac, ...
Giles Slade, 2009
9
Photo Finish
before, without warning, its tailfin just exploded to nothing. Then he watched in horror as the black and yellow Ferrari arced down into the water, where it tumbled and splashed and rolled, before it stopped abruptly, upside down. And then the ...
Matthew Reilly, 2007
10
The Zebrafish: Genetics, Genomics and Informatics
Genomic DNA can be isolated from tailfin biopsies at 6 weeks of age for insert identification. iii. If more than 10 embryos with identical expression pattern are available from a single clutch, 1–3 embryos can be used for insert identification and ...
‎2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAILFIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tailfin is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Bloodhound SSC's Tailfin Is A Project In Itself: Video
Since straight-line stability is the key to a safe and successful run, the tailfin will be a crucial element, and building it is a project in itself. Given that the ... «Motor Authority, Jun 15»
2
Bloodhound supersonic car gets its 'feathers'
The tailfin. It's one of the most iconic features on the Bloodhound Super-Sonic Car (SSC), not least because it'll carry the names of all the project's thousands of ... «BBC News, Jun 15»
3
Why classic cars had tailfins
When you list automotive technology pioneered by General Motors, there isn't much. However, the American behemoth did give us automotive tailfins, and who ... «Stuff.co.nz, May 15»
4
Messerschmitt is all car even with wings and tailfin
He added wings and a tailfin in a nod to manufacturer Messerschmitt's Bf 109 also known as ME109 fighter planes, which were a lethal mainstay of the Luftwaffe ... «The Dominion Post, Mar 15»
5
Red Arrows reveal new union jack tail design
The Red Arrows have revealed a new design inspired by the union jack on the tailfins of their jets. This design has now replaced the three-stripe livery the jets ... «BBC News, Feb 15»
6
Why the Jaguar D-type sprouted a tailfin
But perhaps Sayer's most important move was to extend the hump behind the driver into a permanent, prominent tailfin (a makeshift fin had been riveted onto the ... «Classic Driver, Nov 14»
7
Caltech Wins NASA Award for Active Flow Control Tailfin
The system has been designed to blow air on the tailfin surface, making it more effective at low speed and enabling the vertical empennage to be smaller. «Aviation International News, Nov 14»
8
JetBlue Is Mad For Plaid with Their New Tartan Tailfin
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - September 24, 2014) - JetBlue Airways ( NASDAQ : JBLU) today announces their newest tailfin pattern "Tartan" to the fleet, ... «Marketwired, Sep 14»
9
Video of new Red Arrows 50th anniversary season tailfin unveiling …
The Red Arrows, which are this year celebrating their 50th display season with a new Union Jack livery on the tailfin, did not visit the coastal town last year and ... «Norfolk Eastern Daily Press, Feb 14»
10
New Red Arrows tailfin design for 50th display season
The tailfin features a Union flag and has been designed to reflect the "best of British", emphasising the team's role as "ambassadors for the United Kingdom" and ... «BBC News, Feb 14»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Tailfin [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/tailfin>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
EN