projectile

5 definitions found

projectile - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Projectile \Pro*ject"ile\, a. [Cf. F. projectile.]
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     1. Projecting or impelling forward; as, a projectile force.
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     2. Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled
        forward; as, projectile motion. --Arbuthnot.
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  Projectile \Pro*ject"ile\, n. [Cf. F. projectile.]
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     1. A body projected, or impelled forward, by force;
        especially, a missile adapted to be shot from a firearm.
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     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.
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  dynamical \dynamical\ adj. [Narrower terms: can-do; driving;
     energizing, energising, kinetic; forceful, slashing, vigorous
     ; projectile; propellant, propellent, propelling, propulsive
     ; renascent, resurgent; self-propelled, self-propelling
     ; high-octane, high-powered, high-power, high-voltage
     ]
     [WordNet 1.5] Dynamically \Dy*nam"ic*al*ly\, adv.
     In accordance with the principles of dynamics or moving
     forces. --J. Peile.
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projectile - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  projectile
      adj 1: impelling or impelled forward; "a projectile force"; "a
             projectile missile"
      n 1: a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets
           but is not self-propelled [syn: projectile, missile]
      2: any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine [syn: rocket,
         projectile]

projectile - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "projectile":
     Irish confetti, ball, ballistic, bola, bolt, boomerang, brickbat,
     bullet, countermissile, discus, ejecta, ejectamenta, ejective,
     jaculatory, missile, quoit, rock, rocket, shell, stone,
     throw stick, throwing-stick, torpedo, trajectile, waddy