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: a member or structure whose primary function is to produce a smooth outline and to reduce drag (as on an airplane)
Examples of fairing in a Sentence
Noun (1)
business takes him to all corners of the globe, but he never fails to bring back fairings for the family back in London
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Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
In 2024, the company saw through more than 130 flights of its workhorse medium-lift Falcon 9, which reuses its first-stage booster and payload fairings.
—Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2025
Boeing’s uncrewed spacecraft fits in normal rocket fairings, or nosecones, and has flown five times on United Launch Alliance Atlas V rockets, once on SpaceX Falcon 9 and once on Falcon Heavy.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
The Space Force has only acknowledged one of the satellites aboard the USSF-106 mission, but there are more payloads cocooned inside the Vulcan rocket's fairing.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2025
Shillitoe's Kejashi system, which sounds Japanese but is just a nod do his own name KEnt JAmes SHIllitoe, disconnects the forks and handlebars from the normal steering head, and mounts them on a trailing arm coming back from a point well out in front of the fairing.
—Loz Blain
august 04, New Atlas, 4 Aug. 2025
Most dramatically, a standard set of headrest fairings swell like ocean waves behind occupants.
—Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 25 Mar. 2025
The radio silence began after Ars reported that not only was the Terran R likely to be manufactured more traditionally, but that the company was sourcing key elements of the booster—including its payload fairing and pressure domes—from European suppliers.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 10 Mar. 2025
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Noun
One example is an innovative reusable captive ‘Hungry Hippo’ fairing that stays attached to Neutron’s first stage.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
In 2024, the company saw through more than 130 flights of its workhorse medium-lift Falcon 9, which reuses its first-stage booster and payload fairings.
—Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2025
Boeing’s uncrewed spacecraft fits in normal rocket fairings, or nosecones, and has flown five times on United Launch Alliance Atlas V rockets, once on SpaceX Falcon 9 and once on Falcon Heavy.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
The Space Force has only acknowledged one of the satellites aboard the USSF-106 mission, but there are more payloads cocooned inside the Vulcan rocket's fairing.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2025
Shillitoe's Kejashi system, which sounds Japanese but is just a nod do his own name KEnt JAmes SHIllitoe, disconnects the forks and handlebars from the normal steering head, and mounts them on a trailing arm coming back from a point well out in front of the fairing.
—Loz Blain
august 04, New Atlas, 4 Aug. 2025
Most dramatically, a standard set of headrest fairings swell like ocean waves behind occupants.
—Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 25 Mar. 2025
The radio silence began after Ars reported that not only was the Terran R likely to be manufactured more traditionally, but that the company was sourcing key elements of the booster—including its payload fairing and pressure domes—from European suppliers.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Fairing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fairing. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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