"nose cone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nose cones [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} nose cone (plural nose cones)
  1. (aviation) The forwardmost part of an aircraft, rocket or missile; it is shaped to minimize aerodynamic resistance. Wikipedia link: nose cone Categories (topical): Aerospace, Aviation, Rocketry Translations (the forwardmost part of an aircraft, rocket or missile; it is shaped to minimise aerodymanic resistance): Nasenkegel [masculine] (German), головно́й обтека́тель (golovnój obtekátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), noskon [common-gender] (Swedish), ngusong talulo (Tagalog)

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