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fanwise

fanwise adjective: in a radial arrangement resembling a hand-held fan.

Adjective

fanwise (not comparable)

  1. In a radial arrangement resembling a hand-held fan.

Adverb

fanwise (not comparable)

  1. In a fanwise manner.
    • The two of diamonds being handed back, lay it on the table, and then take off the four top cards from the pack and spread them fanwise on the table […]1886, Henri Garenne, The Art of Modern Conjuring
    • In this equipment, Dr. Giesl has tried to produce a true ejector effect in the smokebox and had replaced the conventional blastpipe by seven steam nozzles, directing their exhaust into seven ejector pipes arranged fanwise in the longitudinal axis of the smokebox.1959 September, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The British Railways Class "9" 2-10-0s”, in Trains Illustrated, page 420

Origin of fanwise

From fan + -wise.

Questions about fanwise

What does fanwise mean?
Fanwise means in a radial arrangement resembling a hand-held fan.
What part of speech is fanwise?
Fanwise can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near fanwise in the dictionary

  1. fanware
  2. fanwars
  3. fanwear
  4. fanweed
  5. fanwiki
  6. fanwise
  7. Fanwood
  8. fanwork
  9. fanworks
  10. fanworm
  11. fanworms

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