heatshield
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See also: heat shield
English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]heatshield (plural heatshields)
- A system designed to protect what is behind it against heat.
- (astronautics) A system designed to protect an object entering an atmosphere at high speed from the resulting very high temperature due to atmospheric drag
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (aerospace): aeroshell
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