nose cone in English

noun
1
the cone-shaped nose of a rocket or aircraft.
The unit has a crushable nose cone , which absorbs the landing on impact, minimizing damage.
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1. To accommodate this larger radar system, the nose cone was longer and of greater diameter.

2. The shroud assembly includes a nose cone having a forward end and a rear end, a central tube having a forward end contiguous with the rear end of the nose cone, and a rear end, and an aft tube having a forward end contiguous with the rear end of the central tube.

3. Hypnorm/hypnovel, or with isofluorane at a dose of 5% in a closed Anaesthetizing chamber then maintained at 2.5% by nose cone for the duration of the ultrasound scan

4. The cockpit was, therefore, placed on a shortened upper deck so that a freight-loading door could be included in the nose cone; this design feature produced the 747's distinctive "bulge".

5. The Agena rocket: (1) nose cone used for docking with Gemini space capsules, (2) fairing (jettisoned after launch), (3) adapter, (4) accessory section, (5) fuel compartment, (6) nitrogen bottles for attitude control, (7) attitude control nozzles, (8) auxiliary thrusters for trajectory corrections during approach maneuvers in orbit, (9) main restartable rocket propulsion motor, (10