Wiktionary
n. The forwardmost part of an aircraft, rocket or missile; it is shaped to minimise aerodynamic resistance
WordNet
n. front consisting of the conical head of a missile or rocket that protects the payload from heat during its passage through the atmosphere [syn: ogive]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "nose cone".
Its nose cone was scratched and scarred, ablated in patches from the rough passage through the interstellar medium.
Dangling out over the front, in the nose cone of the motorcycle, is the sensor package that monitors road conditions, decides where to place each spoke as it rolls forward, how much to extend it, and how to rotate the footpad for maximum traction.
He brushed his fingers along the underside of its smooth nose cone.
Most screamed erratically off course, but a few came close enough to make men duck, and one exploded just a few feet from the 33rd's Light Company so that the sharp-edged scraps of its shattered tin nose cone whistled about their ears.
As they mounted the crane again Rick looked up at the festooned cables that terminated in the nose cone.
His long legs quaking from the effort, he broke the missile's inertia, but managed just a few more steps before collapsing under the weight of the nose cone, which pinned him to the street, crushing the air from his lungs and making him pass out.