Crossword clues for projectile
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1660s, from Modern Latin projectilis, from Latin proiectus, past participle of proicere (see project (n.)). Projectile vomiting attested from 1985.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Projecting or impelling forward. 2 Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled forward. n. 1 an object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon. 2 (context physics English) any object propelled through space by the application of a force.
WordNet
adj. impelling or impelled forward; "a projectile force"; "a projectile missile"
n. a weapon that is thrown or projected [syn: missile]
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 baseball) may be called a projectile, the term more commonly refers to a ranged weapon. Mathematical equations of motion are used to analyze projectile trajectory.
Usage examples of "projectile".
The burin reflects concurrent development from flaking to grinding through time and is considered essential for the manufacture of antler, ivory, and bone projectile points and inset slots.
She was an excellent markswoman and could use any projectile weapon should the need arise.
This was another crucial part of the process: tamped too firmly, the flame could not pass through the charge and a misfire was inevitable, but not tamped firmly enough, and the black powder would burn without the power to hurl the heavy projectile clear of the barrel.
Ships grappled and were breached and boarders swarmed through the gaps with projectile weapons and monomolecular garottes.
If these pilotless aircraft should be capable of flying at such heights and speeds as to render their interception impossible by air-defence methods, they should for all practical purposes be regarded as projectiles.
Defoe flinched as rocket grenades and recoilless projectiles roared right at the recorder, a barrage so real that he almost dived out of his wicker seat, expecting to be showered with exploding shrapnel and shattered bric-a-brac.
As you said yourself, back home, we used up all of the projectiles when we destroyed the Saturnian fleet.
The Reichswehr did not consider liquid fuels of any kind, they wanted storable powder projectiles.
How many white waistcoats unblanched by projectile wine-glasses on account of this impetuous theme!
A projectile slid from the underpart of the ship, extended stabilizers, and spiraled toward the ground.
The aliens targeted their blue lightning on the empty projectiles, giving the blitzkrieg scoops a few more seconds to escape.
The huge projectiles were high explosives, some antipersonnel warheads carrying up to one hundred and ninety-five grenades.
The Llano complex, in turn, is lumped into a large group of archeological remains that also includes younger artifact assemblages characterized by projectile points similar in form but lacking the diagnostic flutes.
Comparatively small as the projectiles were, however, they soon felt the effects of the prodigious beams of heat enveloping them, and torpedo after torpedo exploded harmlessly in space as their mirrors warmed .
Inuit technology can be recognized in the transition from the American Paleoarctic tradition use of microblades as projectile point insets to the subsequent manufacture and use of bifacially flaked and ground side blades.