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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
Recent Examples on the Web
Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 10 Mar. 2025
The massive payload fairing of New Glenn, which had a successful debut in January, is particularly appealing to AST because its BlueBird satellites are so large.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 6 Mar. 2025
The satellite is flat in shape, hence its name, and stackable to fit as many spacecraft as possible into the envelope of a rocket's payload fairing.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2025
Benda The fairings over the upside-down telescopic fork legs create the appearance of a pre-war-style girder design.
—New Atlas, 22 Jan. 2025
All other systems, including the second stage, third stage (the Redshift orbital transfer vehicle) and the fairing are already flight qualified.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 21 Jan. 2025
Starship has a massive 9-meter wide cargo fairing.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 20 Jan. 2025
New Glenn’s fairing is a little smaller at 7 meters.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 20 Jan. 2025
Still, that is the largest fairing on an operational rocket today.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 20 Jan. 2025
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Noun
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
The massive payload fairing of New Glenn, which had a successful debut in January, is particularly appealing to AST because its BlueBird satellites are so large.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 6 Mar. 2025
The satellite is flat in shape, hence its name, and stackable to fit as many spacecraft as possible into the envelope of a rocket's payload fairing.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2025
Benda The fairings over the upside-down telescopic fork legs create the appearance of a pre-war-style girder design.
—New Atlas, 22 Jan. 2025
All other systems, including the second stage, third stage (the Redshift orbital transfer vehicle) and the fairing are already flight qualified.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 21 Jan. 2025
Starship has a massive 9-meter wide cargo fairing.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 20 Jan. 2025
New Glenn’s fairing is a little smaller at 7 meters.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 20 Jan. 2025
Still, that is the largest fairing on an operational rocket today.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Fairing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fairing. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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