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Examples of nose cone in a Sentence
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Space dogs in the Soviet program—of which there were dozens—were female, since there was no room in the nose cone of the rocket ships for male dogs to lift their legs up and relieve themselves.
—Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 24 Apr. 2024
Inside this facility near the old space shuttle landing strip, engineers will mount Kuiper satellites onto huge orbital deployer mechanisms standing several stories tall, then encapsulate the structure inside the nose cones of their rockets.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 21 July 2023
Its nose cone comes in two dimensions — a standard size of 51 feet in length, and a longer one, 70 feet, for larger payloads.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2024
The work to stand up two rockets for the launchpad-like exhibit of NASA's retired space shuttle Endeavour has been capped—literally and figuratively—with the addition of two nose cones on solid rocket boosters, CollectSpace reports.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2023
The An-124 closely resembled the C-5 Galaxy, including its folding nose cone used to facilitate loading and offloading.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 22 Apr. 2023
The spaceplane fits snugly within the nose cone of a Falcon or Atlas rocket, allowing the X-37B to take off on top of a conventional launch vehicle just like any other satellite payload.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 8 Nov. 2023
That will help workers install the tips of the rockets, known as the forward assembly, which includes the nose cone and forward skirt.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
At the launch site, ULA will lift the Centaur upper stage atop its already-in-place first stage, add two strap-on solid rocket boosters, and finally hoist the nose cone and payload on top of the launcher.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 24 Oct. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1949, in the meaning defined above
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“Nose cone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nose%20cone. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
nose cone
noun
: a protective cone forming the forward end of a rocket or missile
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