monocoque

(män′ə käk′, -kōk′)

adjective

designating or of a kind of construction, as of a rocket, in which the skin or outer shell bears all or most of the stresses
designating or of a kind of construction, as of a racing car in which the body and chassis are one unit

Origin: Fr < mono-, mono- + coque, a shell < L coccum, scarlet berry < Gr kokkos, a seed

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noun

A metal structure, such as an aircraft, in which the skin absorbs all or most of the stresses to which the body is subjected.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: : mono-, mono-

Origin: + coque, shell (from Old French, from Latin coccum, berry, from Greek kokkos)

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