[mon-uh-kohk, -kok] 
| 1. | a type of boat, aircraft, or rocket construction in which the shell carries most of the stresses. |
| 2. | Automotive. a type of vehicular construction in which the body is combined with the chassis as a single unit. |
| 3. | of, pertaining to, or being a monocoque. |
| mon·o·coque (mŏn'ə-kōk', -kŏk') n. A metal structure, such as an aircraft, in which the skin absorbs all or most of the stresses to which the body is subjected. [French : mono-, mono- + coque, shell (from Old French, from Latin coccum, berry, from Greek kokkos).] |
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