nacelle
pronunciation
How to pronounce nacelle in British English:
UK [nə'sel]
How to pronounce nacelle in American English:
US [nə'sel]
-
- Noun:
- a streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine
Word Origin
- nacelle (n.)
- late 15c., "small boat," from Old French nacele "little boat, bark, skiff" (12c., Modern French nacelle), from Vulgar Latin *naucella, from Late Latin navicella "a little ship," diminutive of navis "ship" (see naval). Meaning "gondola of an airship" is from 1901; extended to "cockpit of an aircraft" by 1914; later transferred to other similar housings and structures.
Example
- 1. The generator unit - the nacelle - is lifted .
- 2. Deep research report on china wind turbine nacelle cover industry .
- 3. Would you like to prepare the nacelle ?
- 4. Different nacelle with deeper ross-section and intake over propeller shaft .
- 5. Direct hit to the port nacelle ! We 're venting plasma !