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monocoque definition

mono·coque (män′ə käk′, -kōk′)

adjective

  1. 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
  2. designating or of a kind of construction, as of a racing car in which the body and chassis are one unit

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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