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fairing
an external metal structure fitted around parts of an aircraft, car, vessel, etc., to reduce drag
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fairing
[′fer·iŋ] (aerospace engineering)
A structure or surface on an aircraft or rocket that functions to reduce drag, such as the streamlined nose of a satellite-launching rocket.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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