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heatshield

heatshield noun: a system designed to protect what is behind it against heat.

Noun

heatshield (plural heatshields)

  1. A system designed to protect what is behind it against heat.
  2. A system designed to protect an object entering an atmosphere at high speed from the resulting very high temperature due to atmospheric drag

Forms of heatshield

pluralheatshields
alternative formheat shield

Origin of heatshield

From heat + shield.

Questions about heatshield

What does heatshield mean?
Heatshield means a system designed to protect what is behind it against heat.
What part of speech is heatshield?
Heatshield is a noun.
What is the plural of heatshield?
The plural of heatshield is heatshields.

Words near heatshield in the dictionary

  1. heats of vaporization
  2. heats through
  3. heats up
  4. heatseeker
  5. heatseekers
  6. heatshield
  7. heatshields
  8. heatshock
  9. heatshocked
  10. heatshocking
  11. heatshocks

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