Definitions for ablator
ablator
ab·la·tor
Spelling: [a-bley-ter]
IPA: /æˈbleɪ tər/
Ablator is a 7 letter English word.
You can make 163 anagrams from letters in ablator (aablort).
Definitions for ablator
noun
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See under ablation (def 3).
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the removal, especially of organs, abnormal growths, or harmful substances, from the body by mechanical means, as by surgery.
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the reduction in volume of glacial ice, snow, or névé by the combined processes of melting, evaporation, and calving.
Compare alimentation (def 3).
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Aerospace. erosion of the protective outer surface (ablator) of a spacecraft or missile due to the aerodynamic heating caused by travel at hypersonic speed during reentry through the atmosphere.
Origin of ablator
ablate + -or2