Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A present bought or given at a fair, or brought from a fair.
- noun Ironically, something unpleasant bestowed as a gift.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A present; originally, one given or purchased at a fair.
- noun a box receiving savings or small sums of money.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
fair . - noun A structure on various parts of a vehicle, for example an
aircraft ,automobile , ormotorcycle , that produces a smooth exterior and reducesdrag - noun A
present ; originally, one given or purchased at afair . (Uncommon)
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Examples
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The fairing is a clamshell structure that encapsulates the satellite as it travels through the atmosphere.
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Encapsulating a payload in a fairing is easy and cleaner.
Proponents of DIRECT Offer Rebuttal to NASA's Analysis - NASA Watch 2009
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The fairing is a clamshell structure that encapsulates the satellite as it travels through the atmosphere.
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The side fairing is wonderfully asymmetrical, but how will they assimilate lighting into the front for the street version?
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The fairing is a clamshell structure that encapsulates the satellite as it travels through the atmosphere.
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The fairing is a clamshell structure that encapsulates the satellite as it travels through the atmosphere.
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Tell the bearer not to forget to bring me a fairing, which is some ginger-bread, sweetmeat, hunting-nuts, and a pocket-book.
Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas
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That whole package will then be placed inside a protective shell called a fairing and eventually stacked atop the Atlas 5 rocket.
FOXNews.com Robert Z. Pearlman 2011
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The rocket's "fairing" - an aerodynamic cone that's designed to separate during the trip into space - didn't come off as planned.
Wired Top Stories Mark Brown 2011
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Anyway, the next big piece of safety equipment is going to be a protective shield, known as a fairing (a. k.a.-motorcycle windshield).
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local SL10 2010
minerva commented on the word fairing
But here in the present case, to carry on the volant metaphor (for I must either be merry, or mad), is a pretty little miss just come out of her hanging-sleeve-coat, brought to buy a pretty little fairing; for the world, Jack, is but a great fair, thou knowest; and, to give thee serious reflection for serious, all its joys but tinselled hobby-horses, gilt gingerbread, squeaking trumpets, painted drums, and so forth.
Lovelace to Belford, Clarissa by Samuel Richardson
January 4, 2008