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heatshield

noun

Etymology

From heat + shield.

  1. derived from *(s)kelH-✻ — “cut, split”
  2. inherited from *skelduz✻ — “shield”
  3. inherited from *skeldu✻
  4. inherited from scield — “shield”
  5. inherited from scheld
  6. compounded as heatshield — “heat + shield”

Definitions

  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…

    A system designed to protect an object entering an atmosphere at high speed from the resulting very high temperature due to atmospheric drag

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