Projectile meaning

prə-jĕk'təl, -tīl'
The definition of a projectile is something that is propelled through great force.

When a toddler violently throws up and vomits all over the room, this is an example of projectile vomit.

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A projectile is defined as something that is propelled or shot through the air, or a special type of missile that is fired from a gun or rocket.

A paper airplane flying through the air is an example of a projectile.

An example of a projectile is a missile that you put into a rocket and fire at your enemies.

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A fired, thrown, or otherwise propelled object, such as a bullet, having no capacity for self-propulsion.
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A self-propelled missile, such as a rocket.
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Capable of being impelled or hurled forward.
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Driving forward; impelling.

A projectile force.

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Capable of being thrust outward; protrusile.
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An object designed to be hurled or shot forward, as a cannon shell or rocket.
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Anything thrown forward.
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Designed to be hurled forward, as a javelin.
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Hurling forward.

Projectile force.

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That can be thrust out, as a tentacle.
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An object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon.
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(physics) Any object propelled through space by the application of a force.
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Projecting or impelling forward.

A projectile force; a projectile weapon.

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Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled forward.

Projectile motion.

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Origin of projectile

New Latin proiectile neuter of prōiectilis that can be thrown from Latin prōiectus past participle of prōicere to throw out project

Sentence Examples

  • i it will be seen that in three seconds the projectile would have fallen 144 ft.

  • Jacobs Cavern was peculiarly rich in flint knives and projectile points.

  • In a vacuum, the projectile acted on by the force of projection begins to fall under the action of gravity immediately it leaves the bore, and under the combined action of these two forces the path of the projectile is a parabola.

  • In the motion of a projectile under gravity the hodograph is a vertical line described with constant velocity.

  • Table of Rifling for Stability of an Elongated Projectile, x Calibres long, giving S the Angle of Rifling, and n the Pitch of Rifling in Calibres.

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