afterbody

[ af-ter-bod-ee, ahf- ]

noun,plural af·ter·bod·ies.
  1. Nautical. the portion of a ship's hull aft of the middle body.

  2. Aeronautics. the rear part of an aircraft's fuselage.

  1. Rocketry. the part of a guided missile behind the nose cone, usually unprotected against reentry heat.

Origin of afterbody

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British Dictionary definitions for afterbody

afterbody

/ (ˈɑːftəˌbɒdɪ) /


nounplural -bodies
  1. any discarded part that continues to trail a satellite, rocket, etc, in orbit

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