The placement of bolts and numbers etched on it resemble the honeycomb launch fairing of a Japanese H-2 rocket series, a liquid-fueled launch system used to transport satellites and space probes.
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Fairing
//ˈfɛɹɪŋ//
Synonyms for "fairing" (14 found)
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Related words (7)
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5 entriesTranslations
13 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- обтекател noun (aircraft fairing)
French
2 entries- carénage noun (aircraft fairing)
- fuselage noun (aircraft fairing)
German
2 entries- Schürze noun (aircraft fairing)
- Verkleidung noun (aircraft fairing)
Italian
1 entries- carenatura noun (aircraft fairing)
Polish
1 entries- owiewka noun (aircraft fairing)
Russian
1 entries- обтека́тель noun (aircraft fairing)
Spanish
4 entries- carena noun (aircraft fairing)
- carenado noun (aircraft fairing)
- carenadura noun (act of adding fairings to a vehicle)
- carenaje noun (act of adding fairings to a vehicle)
Turkish
1 entries- kaplama noun (aircraft fairing)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
She told me she was on her way to the fair in Bolzano and assumed I was going there too. Should we meet there, I must buy her a fairing [translating Jahrmarkt].
Source: wiktionary
[…] the ground […] was already being occupied by the “cheap Jacks,” with their green-covered carts and marvellous assortment of wares; and the booths of more legitimate small traders, with their tempting arrays of fairings and eatables; and penny peep-shows and other shows, containing pink-eyed ladies, and dwarfs, and boa-constrictors, and wild Indians.
Source: wiktionary
The fairing over the driving motion of this engine, and of the 4-6-2s, was removed subsequently, to give greater accessibility to the working parts.
Source: wiktionary
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