Regulating Temperature
Engineering fins are also used as heat transfer fins to regulate temperature in heat sinks or fin radiators.
Oil heaters convect heat with fins Sailfish raise their dorsal fin to cool down or to herd schooling fishRead more about this topic: Fin
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“What makes some internal feature of a thing a representation could only its role in regulating the behavior of an intentional system.”
—Daniel Clement Dennett (b. 1942)
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