monocoque
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- noun A metal structure, such as an aircraft, in which the skin absorbs all or most of the stresses to which the body is subjected.
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- The living room had formerly stuck nakedly above ground, an ellipsoid monocoque shell, but, as Greater New York spread, the neighborhood had been zoned for underground apartments and construction above ground which would interfere with semblance of virgin forest had been forbidden. — Tunnel In The Sky
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To put things into perspective, OObject's list illustrates 15 different structures described as monocoque-from aircraft to soda ...
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With four strategically placed mounts holding the engine and transmission to the carbon fiber monocoque, the four 20-inch wheels (each wrapped in an all-new Bridgestone Potenza pattern that Lexus isn't at liberty to talk about) remain in constant contact with the tarmac, no matter what idiotic maneuver I pull off.
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The Lola-built Formula Three machines feature a carbon/kevlar fiber composite monocoque, a sequential five-speed gearbox and a two-liter, turbocharged Mitsubishi engine producing 300bhp.
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- French : mono-, mono- + coque, shell (from Old French, from Latin coccum, berry, from Greek kokkos).
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/ (mŏnˈə-kōkˌ, -kŏkˌ)/
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