Fan commonly refers to: *

Fan (machine) A fan is a powered machine used to create a flow of air. A fan consists of a rotating arrangement of vanes or blades, generally made of wood, plastic, or metal, which act on the air. The rotating assembly of blades and hub is known as an ''imp ...

, a machine for producing airflow, often used for cooling ** Hand fan, an implement held and waved by hand to move air for cooling *

Fan (person) A fan or fanatic, sometimes also termed an aficionado or enthusiast, is a person who exhibits strong interest or admiration for something or somebody, such as a celebrity, a sport, a sports team, a genre, a politician, a book, a movie, a vid ...

, short for fanatic; an enthusiast or supporter, especially with regard to entertainment Fan, FAN or fans may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

* "Fan" (song), by Pascal Michel Obispo * ''Fans'' (album), a 1984 album by Malcolm McLaren * "Fans" (song), a 2007 album track on ''Because of the Times'' by the Kings of Leon

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Fan'' (film), a 2016 Indian Hindi film * Fan, a character in the video game ''

Yie Ar Kung-Fu () is an arcade fighting game developed by Konami. It first had a limited Japanese release in October 1984, before having a wide release nationwide in January 1985 and then internationally in March 1985. Along with ''Karate Champ'' (1984), which ...

Biology

Free amino nitrogen In brewing and winemaking, free amino nitrogen (FAN) is a measure of the concentration of individual amino acids and small peptides (one to three units) which can be utilized by beer and wine yeast for cell growth and proliferation. Together with a ...

, in brewing and winemaking, amino acids available for yeast metabolism * Sea fan, a marine animal of the cnidarian phylum

Computing and mathematics

Fan (geometry) In mathematics, a sheaf of planes is the set of all planes that have the same common line. It may also be known as a fan of planes or a '' pencil of planes''. When extending the concept of line to the ''line at infinity'', a set of ''parallel pl ...

, the set of all planes through a given line * Fan (order), a class of preorderings on a field *

FAN algorithm FAN algorithm is an algorithm for automatic test pattern generation (ATPG). It was invented in 1983 by Hideo Fujiwara and Shimono Takeshi at the Department of Electronic Engineering, Osaka University, Japan. It was the fastest ATPG algorithm at tha ...

, an algorithm for automatic test pattern generation *

Fan triangulation In computational geometry, a fan triangulation is a simple way to triangulate a polygon by choosing a vertex and drawing edges to all of the other vertices of the polygon. Not every polygon can be triangulated this way, so this method is usuall ...

, a fast method to decompose a convex polygon in triangles * .fan filename extension for the Fantom (programming language) * File area network, a method for file sharing over a network *

Triangle fan frame, Set of connected triangles described by vertices A through F. A triangle fan is a primitive in 3D computer graphics that saves on storage and processing time. It describes a set of connected triangles that share one central vertex (unlike ...

, a data structure to describe polygons in computer graphics

Geology

One of several types of fan-shaped deposits of sediment caused by the flow of streams or glacial melt: *

Abyssal fan Abyssal fans, also known as deep-sea fans, underwater deltas, and submarine fans, are underwater geological structures associated with large-scale sediment deposition and formed by turbidity currents. They can be thought of as an underwater ve ...

, underwater geological structures linked with large-scale sediment deposition. * Alluvial fan * Outwash plain

People

* Fan (surname) (Chinese character: 范, pinyin: Fàn), a common Chinese surname ** Fan Clan, a prominent clan with the above surname during the Spring and Autumn Period of China *

Fán (surname) Fán (樊) is a Chinese family name. It was the name of a fief, located in present-day Jiyuan in Henan province. Granted by Zhong Shanfu by Zhou Xuang Wang. It is shared by around 2 million people, or 0.150% of the population, with the province wit ...

(Chinese character: 樊, pinyin: Fán), a common Chinese surname * Fan, the legendary descendant of the Yellow Emperor claimed as the progenitor of the Su clan in China

Places

Fan (river) The Fan is a river in northern Albania. It is formed by the confluence of two source rivers: the Great Fan ( sq, Fan i Madh) and the Little Fan ( sq, Fan i Vogël), that join a few kilometers west of the town Rrëshen. The Great Fan rises near t ...

, river in Albania * Fan, Albania, municipality in Albania *

Fan County Fan County or Fanxian () falls under the jurisdiction of Puyang, in the northeast of Henan province, China. The Northern Expedition of the Taiping Rebellion attempt to cross the Yellow River The Yellow River or Huang He (Chinese: , S ...

, in Henan, China * Fan district, historic district in Richmond, Virginia *

Fanling station Fanling () is a station on the of the Hong Kong MTR. It is next to Fanling Town Centre, and is only a short walk away from Fung Ying Seen Koon, a well-known Taoist temple. The Fanling Highway was built from 1983 to 1987 directly adjacent to ...

, Hong Kong; MTR station code FAN

Technology

Future Air Navigation System The Future Air Navigation System (FANS) is an avionics system which provides direct data link communication between the pilot and the air traffic controller. The communications include air traffic control clearances, pilot requests and position rep ...

, or FAN, an air traffic control scheme *

Turbofan The turbofan or fanjet is a type of airbreathing jet engine that is widely used in aircraft engine, aircraft propulsion. The word "turbofan" is a portmanteau of "turbine" and "fan": the ''turbo'' portion refers to a gas turbine engine which ac ...

, a type of jet engine *

Winnowing fan Winnowing is a process by which chaff is separated from grain. It can also be used to remove pests from stored grain. Winnowing usually follows threshing in grain preparation. In its simplest form, it involves throwing the mixture into the ...

, device for winnowing grain

Weapons

* Japanese war fan, an object used in Japanese feudal warfare, also used in martial arts *

Korean fighting fan The Korean war fan (mubuchae; Hangul: 무부채) was a Korean martial arts weapon that originated in the Joseon Dynasty of Korea. Swords and similar weapons were banned from most people during this time which created a desire for weapons that coul ...

, an object used in Korean martial arts

Other uses

* Armed Forces of the North, a Chadian rebel army (French: ''Forces Armées du Nord'') *

Fan (cards) The following is a glossary of terms used in card games. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to Bridge, Hearts, Poker or Rummy), ...

, to spread playing cards fanwise *

Fan (Daoism) The ancient Chinese language, Chinese term (, "return; reversion; inversion") is a basic concept of Daoism. The ''Daodejing'' says "Reversal is the movement of the Way ... Being is born from nonbeing." Daoist texts use ''fan'' in three interco ...

, 反 philosophical concept of "return; reverse; repeat" *

Fang language Fang is a Central African language spoken by around 1 million people, most of them in Equatorial Guinea, and northern Gabon, where it is the dominant Bantu language; Fang is also spoken in southern Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, and small ...

, ISO 639-2 code * Nicaraguan Air Force (Spanish: ''Fuerza Aérea Nicaragüense'')