Usually means: Protects spacecraft from extreme heat.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. heat shield: Merriam-Webster
  2. heat shield: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. heat shield: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. heat shield: Collins English Dictionary
  5. heat shield: Vocabulary.com
  6. heat shield: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. heat shield: Wiktionary
  8. heat shield: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. heat shield: Dictionary.com
  10. Heat shield: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. heat shield: Rhymezone
  12. heat shield: FreeDictionary.org
  13. heat shield: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. heat shield: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. heat shield: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. heat shield: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Common Hearth and Heating Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See heat_shielding as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (heat shield)

noun:  (space science) A shield designed of a substance that absorbs excessive heat from an outside source by either dissipating, reflecting or simply absorbing the heat.

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