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aerospike

aerospike noun: any of several forms of rocket engine having specialized nozzles.

Noun

aerospike (plural aerospikes)

  1. Any of several forms of rocket engine having specialized nozzles.
  2. A spike, protruding from the nose cone of a missile, designed to decrease supersonic drag.

Forms of aerospike

pluralaerospikes

Origin of aerospike

From aero- + spike.

Questions about aerospike

What does aerospike mean?
Aerospike means any of several forms of rocket engine having specialized nozzles.
What part of speech is aerospike?
Aerospike is a noun.
What is the plural of aerospike?
The plural of aerospike is aerospikes.

Words near aerospike in the dictionary

  1. aerospace planes
  2. aerospaces
  3. aerospatial
  4. aerosphere
  5. aerospheres
  6. aerospike
  7. aerospikes
  8. aerosporological
  9. aerostability
  10. aerostable
  11. aerostat

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