"heatshield" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: heatshields [plural]
Etymology: heat + shield Etymology templates: {{compound|en|heat|shield}} heat + shield Head templates: {{en-noun}} heatshield (plural heatshields)
  1. A system designed to protect what is behind it against heat.
    Sense id: en-heatshield-en-noun-BDftREN4
  2. (astronautics) A system designed to protect an object entering an atmosphere at high speed from the resulting very high temperature due to atmospheric drag Categories (topical): Astronautics Translations (Translations): Hitzeschild [neuter] (German), ısı kalkanı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-heatshield-en-noun-ndX4VuzN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Topics: aerospace, astronautics, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'Translations': 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: heat shield Coordinate_terms: aeroshell [aerospace, engineering, business, physical-sciences, natural-sciences]

Inflected forms

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