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Projectile
Projectile Pro*ject"ile, a. [Cf. F. projectile.]
1. Projecting or impelling forward; as, a projectile force.
2. Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled
forward; as, projectile motion. --Arbuthnot.
Projectile
Projectile Pro*ject"ile, n. [Cf. F. projectile.]
1. A body projected, or impelled forward, by force;
especially, a missile adapted to be shot from a firearm.
2. pl. (Mech.) A part of mechanics which treats of the
motion, range, time of flight, etc., of bodies thrown or
driven through the air by an impelling force.
Meaning of Projectile from wikipedia
- A projectile is any object thrown into space (empty or not) by the exertion of a force. Although any object in motion through space (for example a thrown...
- Projectile motion is a form of motion experienced by an object or particle (a projectile) that is thrown near the Earth's surface and moves along a curved...
- ****uming a flat Earth with a uniform gravity field, and no air resistance, a projectile launched with specific initial conditions will have a predictable range...
- payload-carrying projectile that, as opposed to shot, contains an explosive or other filling, though modern usage sometimes includes large solid projectiles properly...
- In archaeological terms, a projectile point is an object that was hafted to weapon that was capable of being thrown or projected, such as a spear, dart...
- A coilgun or Gauss rifle is a type of projectile accelerator consisting of one or more coils used as electromagnets in the configuration of a linear motor...
- ammunition to keep a sub-caliber flight projectile, such as a relatively small bullet or arrow-type projectile, in the center of the barrel when fired...
- The M107 155mm projectile was the standard 155mm high explosive (HE) projectile for howitzers of the US Army and US Marine Corps. A bursting round with...
- The 7-inch unrotated projectile, or UP, was a short range anti-aircraft rocket, developed for the Royal Navy. It was used extensively by British ships...
- gun is a ranged weapon typically designed to pneumatically discharge projectiles that are solid (most guns) but can also be liquid (as in water guns/cannons...
