projectile
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin prōiectilis (“projectile”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin prōiectus, perfect passive participle of prōiciō (“throw forth; extend; expel”).
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file)
- Hyphenation: pro‧ject‧ile
Noun
projectile (plural projectiles)
- an object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon.
- (physics) any object propelled through space by the application of a force.
Translations
object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
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See also
Adjective
projectile (not comparable)
- Projecting or impelling forward.
- a projectile force; a projectile weapon
- Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled forward.
- projectile motion
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French
Pronunciation
Noun
projectile m (plural projectiles)
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