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There’s good news for Monorail riders: The nose cone section is open to the public once again.
—Blake Bakkila, Sunset Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
Months later, the front windscreen of an Austrian Airlines Airbus A320 flying from Mallorca to Vienna was shattered and most of the nose cone was torn off.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 30 Aug. 2024
The crowd in Romulus was pulsing as the Vice President's plane, Air Force Two, pulled up outside with its robin's egg nose cone glistening in the sunshine.
—Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 8 Aug. 2024
The system consists of a mobile launcher with two canisters, each one containing a rocket booster and a Common-Hypersonic Glide Body (C-HGB) in a nose cone.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 29 July 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1949, in the meaning defined above
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“Nose cone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nose%20cone. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
Kids Definition
nose cone
noun
: a protective cone forming the forward end of a rocket or missile
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