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UK
/pɹədʒˈɛktaɪl/
]
[ US /pɹəˈdʒɛktaɪɫ, pɹəˈdʒɛktəɫ/ ]
[ US /pɹəˈdʒɛktaɪɫ, pɹəˈdʒɛktəɫ/ ]
NOUN
- a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled
- any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
ADJECTIVE
-
impelling or impelled forward
a projectile force
a projectile missile
How To Use projectile In A Sentence
- a projectile force
- The third class of ordnance included the guns firing stone projectiles, such as the pedrero (or perrier, petrary, cannon petro, etc.), the mortars, and the old bombards like Edinburgh Castle's famous Mons Meg. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America
- By 1604 he concluded that projectiles travel along parabolic trajectories.
- Harriot resolved the forces acting on the projectile into horizontal and vertical components.
- Ammunition stocks disappeared as artillery fired projectiles far in excess of prewar projections.
- He then attempted to unscrew the lower part of the projectile, and when he found he could not open it, he started banging it on the long bench that he and his friends were sitting on.
- Once sensors detect a target, preferably a tank or armored personnel cartier, the submunition fires an explosive projectile into the top of the target.
- Harriot resolved the forces acting on the projectile into horizontal and vertical components.
- One also prohibited the discharge of projectiles and explosives from balloons.
- When fighting these types it is best to use projectile weapons because seeing as you can't see them, close combat is risky.