personal fan

Portable cooling device

A personal fan is a small portable device for cooling oneself, typically handheld or worn around the neck.

Battery-powered versions with small blades have largely replaced folding paper or fabric fans: She clipped a personal fan to her desk.

The term distinguishes individual cooling devices from room fans or industrial equipment.

Related

battery · summer · desk · oscillating · blades · whirring · USB · battery operated · mini · electric · airflow · air circulation · cool breeze · heat · sweat · relief · beat the heat · hot flash

Categories
Opposites
scale of cooling system

personal fancentral air conditioning

Ducted system cooling entire building

air conditioning · HVAC system · industrial fan · window unit · ceiling fan

ownership/use scope

personal fanindustrial fan

ceiling fan

Family

personal, person, persons, personally, personality, personalities, personalize, personalized, personalization

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Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G