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Nike|ˈnaɪkiː|
[Gr. νίκη victory.]
1. In Greek art: a winged statue representing Nike, the goddess of victory.
1867H. M. Westropp Handbk. Archæol. 195 Nike.—Victory. Victory is represented in a short tunic, with wings, and usually carries a palm. She is also represented writing on a shield, and frequently sacrificing a bull. 1924A. D. Sedgwick Little French Girl iv. iii. 327 She's a Nike..on the prow of a Greek ship. 1960R. Carpenter Greek Sculpture v. 147 The running Nike is an interesting study in formal drapery. 1968V. Ehrenberg From Solon to Socrates vii. 315 There are the figures of a number of winged Nikai.
2. Any of a range of surface-to-air guided missiles developed by the U.S., initially as defensive weapons.
1952Britannica Bk. of Year 431/2 Limited production for operational trials of the U.S. army's Nike missile for the anti-aircraft artillery was begun in 1951. 1955Times 4 July 9/7 Short-range guided weapons such as the American Nike are useless for the air defence of Britain. 1961E. Burgess Long-Range Ballistic Missiles vii. 194 On a recent tour of a Nike-Zeus installation the writer saw..the tremendous complexity of the anti-missile missile system. 1970J. W. R. Taylor Rockets & Missiles ii. 56 Typical of first-generation anti-aircraft missiles was America's two-stage Nike-Ajax, made up of a liquid-propellent second stage and a solid-propellent first-stage booster. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VII. 344/1 Nike Zeus, first antimissile missile, was about 50 feet long... A further development was Nike X, which had a fixed radar antenna that could be electronically scanned. Nike Cajun, a sounding rocket, was capable of lifting a 50-pound payload of scientific instruments to a height of 90 miles. |