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: a member or structure whose primary function is to produce a smooth outline and to reduce drag (as on an airplane)
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Examples of fairing in a Sentence
Noun (1)
business takes him to all corners of the globe, but he never fails to bring back fairings for the family back in London
Recent Examples on the Web
Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2024
And all of this is possible through the reuse of the rocket's first stage and payload fairings, each of which have now proven capable of flying 20 or more times.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 26 June 2024
For example, there are cab-side fairings that connect to the trailer and keep the airflow from detaching between the tractor and trailer that boost overall fuel efficiency by 7 percent.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 9 May 2024
The tests included identifying hardware on electronics vans, fairings on fighter jets and missile tubes on warships.
—William J. Broad, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
Because this mission launched on China's most powerful rocket, with the longer payload fairing added on, the Yaogan-41 spacecraft is presumably quite big.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 22 Dec. 2023
Two streamlined fairings sprout up behind the seats to improve the airflow over the vehicle.
—Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 17 Aug. 2023
About 60 of the 570-pound satellites will be packed into the fairing of a Falcon 9 rocket, and if successful, bring the number of satellites in orbit to about 750.
—Caroline Glenn, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Oct. 2020
To be fair, some of that enormous development price tag for space telescopes is because, at the moment, a big telescope has to fit in a smaller fairing.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 15 May 2023
Noun
That’s because of a nearly 23-foot diameter fairing compared to the roughly 17- to 18-foot diameter fairings found on Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy and Vulcan Centaur.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2024
And all of this is possible through the reuse of the rocket's first stage and payload fairings, each of which have now proven capable of flying 20 or more times.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 26 June 2024
For example, there are cab-side fairings that connect to the trailer and keep the airflow from detaching between the tractor and trailer that boost overall fuel efficiency by 7 percent.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 9 May 2024
The tests included identifying hardware on electronics vans, fairings on fighter jets and missile tubes on warships.
—William J. Broad, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
Because this mission launched on China's most powerful rocket, with the longer payload fairing added on, the Yaogan-41 spacecraft is presumably quite big.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 22 Dec. 2023
Two streamlined fairings sprout up behind the seats to improve the airflow over the vehicle.
—Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 17 Aug. 2023
About 60 of the 570-pound satellites will be packed into the fairing of a Falcon 9 rocket, and if successful, bring the number of satellites in orbit to about 750.
—Caroline Glenn, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Oct. 2020
To be fair, some of that enormous development price tag for space telescopes is because, at the moment, a big telescope has to fit in a smaller fairing.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 15 May 2023
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“Fairing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fairing. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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