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 ''i ...

, a machine for producing airflow, often used for cooling **

Hand fan A handheld fan, or simply hand fan, is any broad, flat surface that is waved back-and-forth to create an airflow. Generally, purpose-made handheld fans are folding fans, which are shaped like a sector of a circle and made of a thin material (su ...

, an implement held and waved by hand to move air for cooling * Fan (person), 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), "Fan" (song), by Pascal Michel Obispo * Fans (album), ''Fans'' (album), a 1984 album by Malcolm McLaren * Fans (song), "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), ''Fan'' (film), a 2016 Indian Hindi film * Fan, a character in the video game ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu''

Biology

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

Computing and mathematics

* Fan (geometry), the set of all planes through a given line * Fan (order), a class of preorderings on a field * FAN algorithm, an algorithm for automatic test pattern generation * Fan triangulation, 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, 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, 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) (Chinese character: 樊, pinyin: Fán), a common Chinese surname * Fan, the legendary descendant of the Yellow Emperor claimed as the progenitor of the Su (surname), Su clan in China

Places

* Fan (river), river in Albania * Fan, Albania, municipality in Albania * Fan County, in Henan, China * Fan district, historic district in Richmond, Virginia * Fanling station, Hong Kong; MTR station code FAN

Technology

* Future Air Navigation System, or FAN, an air traffic control scheme * Turbofan, a type of jet engine * Winnowing fan, device for winnowing grain

Weapons

* Japanese war fan, an object used in Japanese feudal warfare, also used in martial arts * Korean fighting fan, 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), to spread playing cards fanwise * Fan (Daoism), 反 philosophical concept of "return; reverse; repeat" * Fang language, ISO 639-2 code * Nicaraguan Air Force (Spanish: ''Fuerza Aérea Nicaragüense'')