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heat barrier

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thermal barrier

–noun Aeronautics, Rocketry.
the high temperatures produced by the friction between a supersonic object and the earth's atmosphere that limit the speed of an airplane or rocket.
Also called heat barrier.


Origin:
1950–55
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