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- noun Plural form of
fairing .
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Examples
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The only reason for heavy lifters with large fairings is to bring up large integrated systems from the ground.
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The only reason for heavy lifters with large fairings is to bring up large integrated systems from the ground.
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A few manufacturers have tried adding streamlined bodies, or "fairings" to production trike chassis, but the lack of integrated planning shows.
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Each of these had control over certain islands which served them as "fairings," ports for refitting and anchorage between voyages, usually ruggedly wooded where the sea people could find the raw material for their ships.
Key Out of Time Andre Norton 1958
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And when the New Year came he brought them all "fairings," beautiful boxes of sweets such as had never been seen in the Highlands, and gloves wonderful to behold, which he begged Mrs. Douglas's permission to offer to her daughters.
Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago Margaret 1891
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What you are seeing are the octagonal wheel “fairings” (cover).
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I also wonder if there was enough telemetry to determine why the fairings didn't separate.
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Improving the aerodynamic design with fairings, or using
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Two humped fairings on the aft section were attached to a flattened “W” of a wing-like structure, and the warp nacelles were mounted on either side of that.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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Two humped fairings on the aft section were attached to a flattened “W” of a wing-like structure, and the warp nacelles were mounted on either side of that.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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