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thermal barrier
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thermal barrier
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(Engineering / Aeronautics) an obstacle to flight at very high speeds as a result of the heating effect of air friction Also called heat barrier
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Noun1.thermal barrier - a limit to high speed flight imposed by aerodynamic heating
limit, bound, boundary - the greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability"


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