Meaning & use
Finned
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Having fins, or fitted with fin-like projections, as certain fish, vehicles, or cooling equipment.
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The finned radiator dissipated heat far more efficiently than the old flat design.
Divers spotted a large finned creature gliding beneath the boat.
A note on using this word
Used both literally for animals with fins and technically for engineering parts, like finned heat sinks, designed with fin-shaped ridges to increase surface area.
Words with a similar meaning
flippered
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Words with an opposite meaning
finless
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