heatshield

See also: heat shield

English

Alternative forms

• heat shield

Etymology

From heat +‎ shield.

Noun

heatshield (plural heatshields)

1. A system designed to protect what is behind it against heat.
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

Coordinate terms

• (aerospace): aeroshell

Translations

Translations

German: Hitzeschild (de) n Turkish: ısı kalkanı