Science Fair Project Dictionary
Blade
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English
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old English blæd .
Noun
blade (Plural: blades )
- The sharp-edged or pointed working end of a tool or utensil, e.g. a knife, chisel, or screwdriver.
- Thin plate, foil.
- metaphorically Any weapon or tool consisting of a blade (sword, knife, etc.)
- Any of the arms of a propeller. Eg, The plane has a four blade propeller.
- (ultimate frisbee ) a throw characterized by a tight parabolic trajectory due to a steep lateral attitude
Translations
- Arabic: شفرة
- Breton: lavn m -ioù, lavnenn f -où (1)
- Bulgarian: острие n
- Chinese Characters: 刃
- Chinese: 刀片
- Dutch: blad n, folie m, plaat f
- Finnish: terä (2)
- French: lame f
- German: Klinge f (1,3), Blatt n
- Greek: λεπίδα f (lepída)
- Interlingua: lamina (1,2)
- Italian: lama f (1,2), lamierina f
- Japanese: 刃
- Korean: 잎
- Persian: تیغ (tigh) (1,3)
- Polish: ostrze n (1)
- Portuguese: lâmina f (1,2)
- Romanian: lamă f' (1)
- Romanica: lamina f (1,2)
- Russian: лезвие n (lezvie)
- Spanish: lámina f
Derived expressions
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