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- noun Plural form of
nacelle .
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Examples
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Siemens, the No. 3 turbine producer in North America with a 9% market share of installed megawatts, plans to break ground on the facilities this summer and expects to have 400 workers producing the wind-turbine drive trains, known as nacelles, at the 300,000 square foot facility by the end of 2010.
Siemens to Build $50 Million Wind Power Factory in Kansas 2009
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Some of the companies' product lines are complementary, such as the Goodrich-made turbine casings, called nacelles, that are used to house jet engines built by United Technologies' Pratt & Whitney unit, a business Chenevert used to run.
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Some of the companies' product lines are complementary, such as the Goodrich-made turbine casings, called nacelles, that are used to house jet engines built by United Technologies' Pratt & Whitney unit, a business Chenevert used to run.
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The company's 800 workers in Foley are split, with half making new engine cowlings, called nacelles, and half overhauling them.
unknown title 2009
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The company's 800 workers in Foley are split, with half making new engine cowlings, called nacelles, and half overhauling them.
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I suppose "nacelles" would have been too much to hope for...
A Trek Through the Stars Jen 2009
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As installed in the Enterprise, the warp propulsion system consists of the matter/antimatter reaction assembly, power transfer conduits, and warp engine nacelles.
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Though such a maneuver would render the saucer section of the ship vulnerable, it would also better protect the flattened secondary hull, which housed the engineering section as well as the twin nacelles.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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Unlike warp-capable ships constructed by other races, this vessel showed no distinct nacelles or other similar design concepts.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact Paths of Disharmony Dayton Ward 2011
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This latest interpretation of the classic shape is sleek and detailed, keeping the recognizable form while incorporating new elements including a dynamic new electrical effect to the warp nacelles.
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