ablative
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- adjective
- /ˈeɪblətɪv/
- Specialized
:
ablativo
- Engineers use ablative materials to ensure that rockets can withstand extreme heat during launch.
- ablative heat shield
- ablative armor
- ablative paint
This, this is what heats up my ablative shield.
- This, this is what heats up my ablative shield.
- The magnetic field protects you from the ablative effects of the solar wind.
Examples
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The Fastrac engine design avoids complex plumbing, opting instead to cool the rocket chamber by charring or scorching its inside surface as the engine heats, a process called ablative cooling.
Academic text (1998) -
The magnetic field protects you from the ablative effects of the solar wind.
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The ablative test exposes the hose to flame for 15 minutes.
Academic text (1999) -
An ablative test of silicone-rubber wrapped fuel hose, used in aircraft, exposes the materials to a temperature of 2,000 degrees F for 15 minutes.
Academic text (1999) -
The spacecraft is fitted with an ablative shield to protect it during reentry into the atmosphere.
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For optimal performance, the spacecraft's surface should have an ablative coating that vaporizes to dissipate heat.
Compounds
- Specialized
A short Latin phrase with a noun and a verb form that gives background information separate from the main sentence
- Specialized
A noun form in some languages that shows movement away or how something is done
How Protective
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ablative (material) also comes from Latin ab- 'away' and ablatus 'carried away', so an ablative coating is made to 'burn away' and carry heat away from the thing it protects.