Fan

Music • "Fan" (Pascal Obispo song), 2003 • Fan (Offset song), 2023 • 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 (2007 film), a Uruguayan drama film • Fan (2016 film), an Indian Hindi film • Fan, a character in the video game Yie Ar Kung-Fu • Fan, a character in the novella A Christmas Carol == 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 • Fan, a type of polyhedral complex == 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 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) == See also ==