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View synonyms for nose cone
nose cone
noun
, Rocketry.
- the cone-shaped forward section of a rocket or guided missile, including a heat shield and containing the payload.
nose cone
noun
- the conical forward section of a missile, spacecraft, etc, designed to withstand high temperatures, esp during re-entry into the earth's atmosphere
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nose cone1
First recorded in 1945–50
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Example Sentences
As they mounted the crane again Rick looked up at the festooned cables that terminated in the nose cone.
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He kept right on going until his head banged painfully on the bottom of the nose-cone radar unit.
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Instead of burying the missile deeper, the grenade explosion had uncovered the entire nose cone and part of the section behind it!
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There was no doubt he had uncovered the nose cone of the missile which had re-entered the earth's atmosphere tailfirst!
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In ten seconds the nose cone turned from cherry-red to white heat and began sloughing its outer ceramic coating.
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