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afterbody

[ af-ter-bod-ee, ahf- ]

noun

plural afterbodies.
  1. Nautical. the portion of a ship's hull aft of the middle body.
  2. Aeronautics. the rear part of an aircraft's fuselage.
  3. Rocketry. the part of a guided missile behind the nose cone, usually unprotected against reentry heat.


afterbody

/ ˈɑ˴ڳÙəˌ²úÉ’»åɪ /

noun

  1. any discarded part that continues to trail a satellite, rocket, etc, in orbit
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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The bow and stern remain the same, but the afterbody has been made fuller with the addition of plastic molding.

The changes that Chance made on Intrepid�shorter keel, rounder bow, fuller afterbody �have obviously made the white-hulled sloop swifter than ever.

Stabilization and trim are provided by oversized trim tabs, large area sections of the afterbody, driven by a Quantum hydraulic control system.

The last pygmy in line, whose afterbody was a bloated tank, gurgled as it jolted by, and trailed an aroma of looted fuel.

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