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nacelle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | enclosure |
Examples of nacelle
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The sparks coming off the Reliant's nacelle were hand animated, frame by frame.
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Cracks were found in the rear spar nacelle, the cover that houses the engine.
From the denverpost.com
A nacelle includes the engine cowling and other pieces, such as the thrust reverser.
From the al.com
The aliens return to their ship which fires at a warp nacelle as it departs.
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Enterprise takes a hit to its starboard nacelle, and is forced out of warp.
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Seven Q Seven will supply the Joint STARS aircraft with their propulsion nacelle system.
From the upi.com
Goodrich also makes the pylons that connect an engine and nacelle to a wing or fuselage.
From the al.com
The nacelle has a round outer lip to defect spillage back into the longitudinal direction.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Lastly, a nacelle and 80-metre-diameter blades were installed.
From the newscientist.com
- A streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine
- The nacelle is a cover housing (separate from the fuselage) that holds engines, fuel, or equipment on an aircraft or wind turbine. In some cases--most notably the World War II-era P-38 Lightning airplane--an aircraft's cockpit may also be housed in a nacelle. ...
- A separate streamlined enclosure mounted on an aircraft to house an engine, cargo, or crew; the part between the tower and rotor of a wind turbine
- A streamlined enclosure or housing to protect something such as the crew, engine, or landing gear. French: nacelle, from Latin, navicella, little ship.
- The protective covering over a generator or motor.
- The body of a propeller-type wind turbine, containing the gearbox, generator, blade hub, and other parts.
- The structure at the top of the wind turbine tower just behind (or in some cases, in front of) the wind turbine blades that houses the key components of the wind turbine, including the rotor shaft, gearbox, and generator.
- A shelter, enclosed or not and unconnected to the tail surfaces, where the crew sits.
- A plastic or metal covering. A headlight nacelle on a Motorcycle is the bucket surrounding the Headlight.
