noun
payload
the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
In a sentence
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Inspectors verified that each missile's payload had been removed and stored separately before the silos were sealed under the treaty.
History
The test vehicle flew with an inert payload of concrete so engineers could measure the trajectory without anything live aboard.
Science
Guidance software has to know the payload's exact mass at the nose, since a heavier tip shifts the whole vehicle's balance.
Technology
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