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ab·la·tion
A a -
ablate
to remove by ablation -
ablative
(in certain inflected languages such as Latin) denoting a case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument, manner, or place of the action described by the verb -
ablator
the heat shield of a space vehicle, which melts or wears away during re-entry into the earth's atmosphere -
alimentation
sustenance; support -
heat shield
a coating or structure that surrounds part of the nose cone or other vulnerable surfaces of a spacecraft and, by heat absorption or ablation, protects them from excessive heating during reentry.