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Meaning of Whipple shield | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A thin foil film attached to the outside of a spacecraft to reduce the impact of micrometeoroids.

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

whipple tree whipple-tree Whipple's disease whippletree whippo whippomorph