Meanings
nounheat shield (plural heat shields)
plural heat shields
- aerospaceA shield designed of a substance that absorbs excessive heat from an outside source by either dissipating, reflecting or simply absorbing the heat.
Translations
Catalan escut tèrmic
- escut tèrmicTranslations
Dutch hitteschild
- hitteschildTranslations
Finnish lämpökilpi
- lämpökilpiTranslations
French bouclier thermique
- bouclier thermiqueTranslations
German Hitzeschild
- HitzeschildTranslations
Italian scudo termico
- scudo termicoTranslations
Polish osłona termiczna
- osłona termicznaTranslations
Portuguese escudo térmico
- escudo térmicoTranslations
Romanian scut de căldură, scut caloric
- scut de căldurăTranslations
- scut caloricTranslations
Spanish escudo térmico
- escudo térmicoTranslations
Turkish ısı kalkanı
- ısı kalkanıTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
heat shield. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heat%20shield
MLA
“heat shield.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heat%20shield. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heat shield,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heat%20shield.
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