ALL meanings of heat shield
heat shield
H h - noun heat shield a coating or structure that surrounds part of the nose cone or other vulnerable surfaces of a spacecraft and, by heat absorption or ablation, protects them from excessive heating during reentry. 1
- noun heat shield a coating or barrier for shielding from excessive heat, such as that experienced by a spacecraft on re-entry into the earth's atmosphere 0
- noun heat shield any heat-protecting device or system, esp. an ablative coating or tiles, bonded to the surface of a reentry spacecraft 0