Word
ablator
Phoneticsab·la·tor
Definition
n. a substance or device that removes something, like heat or a layer of material, by wearing it away.
n. a substance or device that removes or wears away a material or heat through a physical or chemical process.
Examples
“The heat shield uses an ablator to protect the spacecraft.”
“Engineers tested a new ablator to see how well it could withstand the extreme temperatures of re-entry.”
“In the context of thermal protection systems, the ablator is designed to sacrifice itself by sublimating or melting, thereby carrying away the heat energy from the underlying structure.”
Examples
simple
“The heat shield uses an ablator to protect the spacecraft.”
contextual
“Engineers tested a new ablator to see how well it could withstand the extreme temperatures of re-entry.”
complex
“In the context of thermal protection systems, the ablator is designed to sacrifice itself by sublimating or melting, thereby carrying away the heat energy from the underlying structure.”
Etymology
From ablate + -or.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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