2. Noun. (astronautics) a heat shield (which ablates during reentry) ¹
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Definition of Ablator
1. one that ablates [n -S] - See also: ablates
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ablator
Literary usage of Ablator
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Publications of the Selden Society by Selden Society (1903)
"... fuit ablator ipsius Emme, in hac parte debeat eis obstare.1 mart (V ancestor
that since the death of (Lat. ablator, ..."
2. Archiv für lateinische Lexikographie und Grammatik mit Einschluss des by Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Eduard von Wölfflin (1887)
"ablator, oris. masc. qiii aufert. August, ei rd 19, 13 sen- tientes eorum ...
non genitor vel genitus . . . non ablator vel ..."
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