A nacelle (/nəˈsɛl/ nə-SEL) is an (often streamlined) enclosure, which is part of but mounted separately on a larger technical object.
In particular, it may refer to:
- Nacelle (airplane), a streamlined container for aircraft parts such as engines, fuel or equipment, see also Podded engine
- Nacelle (wind turbine), the part between the rotor and tower of a wind turbine that houses all of the generating components
- Gondola (airship), an external equipment or passenger compartment attached to a powered blimp or dirigible
- Gondola (balloon), a payload basket or capsule suspended beneath an unpowered hot air or gas balloon
For uses such as
- enclosures on the body of a motorvehicle (e.g. headlamp nacelles) or
- submersed providers of buoyancy on boats
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Other uses
- Nacelle (film producer), a television production and distribution company
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