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vane - Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid.

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What is an arm of a windmill called?

It's called "blade" or a "sail".


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