Definition of "nacelle" in английский

noun

1. The compartment that holds passengers on a dirigible, hot-air balloon, or other aerostat; a gondola.

2. A separate streamlined enclosure mounted on an aircraft to house, originally, an engine, and now also cargo or crew.

3. The cockpit of an aircraft.

4. A hollow boat-shaped structure.

5. An enclosure housing machinery or a motor.

6. The part between the rotor and tower of a wind turbine.

7. The submersed providers of buoyancy of a SWATH-hulled boat.

8. A streamlined enclosure on the body or dashboard of a motor vehicle.