MONOCOQUE


Meaning of MONOCOQUE in English

/mon"euh kohk', -kok'/ , n.

1. a type of boat, aircraft, or rocket construction in which the shell carries most of the stresses.

2. Auto. a type of vehicular construction in which the body is combined with the chassis as a single unit.

adj.

3. of, pertaining to, or being a monocoque.

[ 1910-15; mono- MONO- + coque shell, eggshell (of uncert. orig.) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .