: a protective cone constituting the forward end of an aerospace vehicle
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The company will evaluate applications for nose cones, fins, leading edges, bulkheads, and other high-performance structures that require precision and durability.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
22 June 2026 Nearby, a former Korean Air vessel’s nose cone had been removed clean, as if seared off with a hot knife.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026 Its rooftop bar, Baker & Able, is named for the two monkeys that went to space in the nose cone of an Army Jupiter missile in 1959.—
Caroline Eubanks,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Apr. 2026 The collision appears to have sheared off the plane’s nose cone.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
23 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for nose cone