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Definitions for Ablator
[1] See under ablation(def 3) .
[2] the removal, especially of organs, abnormal growths, or harmful substances, from the body by mechanical means, as by surgery.
[3] the reduction in volume of glacial ice, snow, or névé by the combined processes of melting, evaporation, and calving. Compare alimentation(def 3) .
[4] Aerospace . erosion of the protective outer surface (ablator) of a spacecraft or missile due to the aerodynamic heating caused by travel at hypersonic speed during reentry through the atmosphere.
[5] the heat shield of a space vehicle, which melts or wears away during re-entry into the earth's atmosphere
[6] the surgical removal of an organ, structure, or part
[7] the melting or wearing away of an expendable part, such as the heat shield of a space re-entry vehicle on passing through the earth's atmosphere
[8] the wearing away of a rock or glacier
Words nearby Ablator
ablare, ablate, ablation, ablative, ablative absolute, ablator, ablaut, ablaze, able, able rating, able seaman
Origin of Ablator
ionFirst recorded in 1570–80, ablation is from the Late Latin word ablātiōn- (stem of ablātiō ). See ablate, -ion
Words that may be confused with Ablator
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, ablationablation, ablution
Word origin for Ablator
ionC15: from Late Latin ablatiōn-, from Latin auferre to carry away, remove