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afterbody

noun

Etymology

From after- + body.

  1. derived from *bʰewdʰ-✻ — “to be awake, observe”
  2. inherited from *bodag✻ — “body, trunk”
  3. inherited from bodiġ
  4. inherited from body
  5. prefixed as afterbody — “after + body”

Definitions

  1. The afterpart of a vehicle.

  2. The part of a vessel abaft midships.

    • As well as could be judged by looking down through the water under the counters, there was no injury whatever to the afterbody of the ship.

  3. A companion body that trails a satellite or spacecraft.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A section or piece of a launch vehicle, rocket, or spacecraft that enters the atmosphere…

      A section or piece of a launch vehicle, rocket, or spacecraft that enters the atmosphere unprotected behind the nose cone or other body that is protected for entry.

      • However, turbulent flow along the vehicle afterbody can under some conditions produce a comparable or greater heat flux.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA