heat shield

English - Turkish

Definition of heat shield in English Turkish dictionary: sıcaklık kalkanı; (Askeri) ISI KALKANI (HV.): Bir şeyi ısıdan koruyan herhangi bir cihaz. Bak. "heat sink"; ısı kalkanı

English - English

Definition of heat shield in English English dictionary: A barrier that prevents the heating of a space or an object by absorbing, reflecting, or dissipating external heat, especially a protective structure on a spacecraft or missile that dissipates heat on atmospheric reentry by melting and vaporizing; device that is used to protect against high temperatures; a protective covering that protects a spacecraft from overheating on re-entry
heatshield: An ablative system designed to protect an object entering an atmosphere at high speed from the resulting very high temperature
heatshield: A system designed to protect what is behind it against heat