PROJECTILE
\pɹəd͡ʒˈɛkta͡ɪl], \pɹədʒˈɛktaɪl], \p_ɹ_ə_dʒ_ˈɛ_k_t_aɪ_l]\
Definitions of PROJECTILE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled forward; as, projectile motion.
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A body projected, or impelled forward, by force; especially, a missile adapted to be shot from a firearm.
By Oddity Software
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A body thrown or shot forward, especially through the air; a body intended to be hurled from a cannon by the force of an explosion.
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Forced or forcing forward.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Projecting or throwing forward: impelling or impelled forward.
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A body projected by force, esp. through the air.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Impelling forward; given by impulse.
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A body thrown or cast, and still in motion through the air, as a stone from the hand, or a ball from a gun.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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n. A body projected or impelled by force through the air, as a stone from a sling, arrow from a bow, and especially ball, shot, &c., from cannon, mortar, rockets, &c. ;- pl. That part of mechanics which treats of the motion, range, &c., of bodies thrown by an impelling force above the earth.
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