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aerospike

noun

Etymology

From aero- + spike.

  1. derived from *spey-✻ — “to be pointed; sharp point, stick”
  2. derived from *spīkō✻ — “stick, splinter, point”
  3. derived from spík — “spike, sprig”
  4. inherited from spike
  5. prefixed as aerospike — “aero + spike”

Definitions

  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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for aerospike. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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