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nose cone

noun

, Rocketry.
  1. the cone-shaped forward section of a rocket or guided missile, including a heat shield and containing the payload.


nose cone

noun

  1. the conical forward section of a missile, spacecraft, etc, designed to withstand high temperatures, esp during re-entry into the earth's atmosphere
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of nose cone1

First recorded in 1945–50
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Example Sentences

SpaceX's Starship vehicle measures 50 meters from its nose cone to landing legs.

As they mounted the crane again Rick looked up at the festooned cables that terminated in the nose cone.

He kept right on going until his head banged painfully on the bottom of the nose-cone radar unit.

Instead of burying the missile deeper, the grenade explosion had uncovered the entire nose cone and part of the section behind it!

There was no doubt he had uncovered the nose cone of the missile which had re-entered the earth's atmosphere tailfirst!

In ten seconds the nose cone turned from cherry-red to white heat and began sloughing its outer ceramic coating.

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