wing
Wing stands for:
- a part of the body in some groups of animals:
- Wing (bird)
- Wing (insect)
- Wing (butterfly)
- Wings of bats and pterosaurs, see flight membrane
- a plant part, see meteorochory
- a musical instrument, see grand piano (keyboard instrument)
- Door leaf, see door leaf
As part of devices and machines:
- a component for generating lift, see wing
- part of a rotor, see main rotor
- part of a turbine, see guide vane
- part of a car, see wing (vehicle)
- a spindle with arms spread apart, see spinning wheel
In the sense of "side":
- part of a building, see building wing
- a grouping within a political party, see party wing
- The Wing , nationalist right-wing extremist group within the Alternative for Germany party (AfD)
- a side part of a triptych, see winged altar
- one half of the board in chess, see wings (chess)
- a position in team sports, wingers
- part of a military order of battle, see wing (military)
Namely:
- Wing (family name) , see there on name bearers
- Wing (Remscheid) , a location in the Bergisch city of Remscheid
- Wing , novel by Terry Pratchett, see The Noun Trilogy
See also:
- Wiktionary: wing - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
- Winging
- Wing location
- Flügerl
- Pflügl
