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muzzle velocity
noun
- the speed of a projectile, usually expressed in feet or meters per second, as it leaves the muzzle of a gun.
muzzle velocity
noun
- the velocity of a projectile as it leaves a firearm's muzzle
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Origin of muzzle velocity1
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Example Sentences
I remember that my business is going to the dogs at a muzzle velocity of about five thousand feet a second.
Has a muzzle velocity of approximately 2,160 feet per second.
The gun on this mount fired a 15-pound projectile with a muzzle velocity of 2,600 feet a second.
In the course of this test from a machine rest, Mr. Simmons, did you also attempt to determine the muzzle velocity?
All commercially made ammunition in this country is loaded to a specific muzzle velocity.
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