Translation of shroud (English-English)

Direct link to this page:
http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/definition/shroud

Translating from English to English on MijnWoordenboek shows the definition of a word.
Dutch translation of shroud
French translation of shroud
German translation of shroud
Spanish translation of shroud

shroud: extension of the fixed surface of aerofoil projecting behind hinge line of movable surface in order to reduce drag or to improve flight control
Category: Transport

shroud: a structure or surface on an aircraft or rocket that functions to reduce drag,such as the streamlined nose of a satellite-launching rocket
Category: Electrical engineering and energy

shroud: a part of a component or an accessory which provides physical protection to otherwise exposed terminals or contacts
Category: Electrical engineering and energy

shroud: a covering around the impeller to direct the liquid through it
Category: Mechanical engineering

shrouded: blade fitted with a plane formed integrally with gas turbine fan,compressor or turbine blade,usually in plane perpendicular to blade major axis
Category: Mechanical engineering

shrouded: a balance with control area forward of its hinge and operating within a space bounded by shrouds which form part of the aerofoil contour
Category: Transport

shrouded: an impeller the blades of which are covered by a plate with an inlet
Category: Mechanical engineering

shrouded: radio aerial insulator fitted with overlying shroud
Category: News-systems and communications

shrouded: turbine rotor blade with a peripheral strip at the top which contacts with adjacent blades to strengthen the rotor blade assembly
Category: Mechanical engineering

shrouded: A propeller enclosed within a duct, the duct serving to prevent radial losses at the propeller-blade tips. (Agard Aeron. Dict., 60)
Category: Transport

shrouding: 1.the process of filling with fine gravel the space round the strainer.Called also 'envelope' or 'gravel wall treatment' 2.also the material thus filled called also 'gravel envelope','gravel pack',' gravel jacket' and 'gravel filter'
Category: Building industry

Please see: encyclo.co.uk for more definitions

Translate again

What is Mijnwoordenboek?

Pronounce: mine-worden-book, meaning `My dictionary`. Mijnwoordenboek is a free translation dictionary where you can translate words to and from English, German, Spanish, French and Dutch. In addition to the translations you can also conjugate verbs, check your spelling, find synonyms and find rhyme words.

Statistics

Our translation database currently contains about 19,000,000 words, 2,000,000 synonyms and about 200.000 verbs in 5 languages.

Translate

Language portals

Entertainment

Synonyms

Verbs

Varia

Spelling

This website

Translate again

What is Mijnwoordenboek?

Statistics

Translate

Spelling (EN)

Conjugate

Synonyms (EN)

Encyclo (EN)