Look up: fairing

1. Fairing
   Small porcelain pieces originally available at European country fairs and as souvenirs. They're often representational scenes of everyday life. Examples include trinket boxes, match strikers or purely decorative pieces with inscription.
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2. fairing
   An enclosure fitted to improve the aerodynamic performance of the machine and/or rider comfort.
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3. Fairing
   A secondary structure added to reduce drag. Common examples of fairings are wing-root fillets and streamlining of struts.
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4. fairing
   secondary structure whose junction is to reduce drag Category: Transport • the cone-shaped front end of a rocket or space vehicle,consisting of one or more enclosures in which a satellite,instruments,animals,plants or auxiliary equipment may be carried,and of an outer surface built to wi...
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5. Fairing
   Fair'ing noun A present; originally, one given or purchased at a fair. Gay. Fairing box , a box receiving savings or small sums of money. Hannah More.
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6. Fairing
   • (n.) A present; originally, one given or purchased at a fair.
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7. fairing
   (from the article `ship construction`) A lines plan, usually a 148 life-size scale drawing of a ship, is used by designers to calculate required hydrostatic, stability, and capacity ...
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8. fairing
   Cheaply produced porcelain animal or human figures made for sale or as prizes at fairgrounds form 1860 to 1914. Often comical in theme, with risque captions beneath. Fairings made from 1860-1890 in germany and Austria were produced in moulds and have solid bases. From 1890 to 1914 hollow imitations were mass produced.
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9. fairing
   The process of smoothing, removing dips or bumps.
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10. FAIRING
    An added streamlining structure or auxiliary member, most often of light metal, whose only purpose is to reduce drag. Fairings are not load-bearing and, therefore, are not meant to carry any principal air loads placed on the airplane structure.
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