projectile

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /pɹə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛktʌɪl/, /pɹə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛktɪl/
• (America) IPA: /pɹəˈdʒɛk.taɪl/, /pɹəˈdʒɛk.tl̩/

Noun

projectile (plural projectiles)

1. an object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon.
2. (physics) any object propelled through space by the application of a force.

Translations

• French: projectile
• German: Projektil, Geschoss
• Italian: proiettile, munizione
• Portuguese: projéctil
• Russian: снаря́д
• Spanish: proyectil

Adjective

projectile (not comparable)

1. Projecting or impelling forward.

   a projectile force; a projectile weapon

2. Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled forward.

   projectile motion

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