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pro·jec·tile

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–noun

1.	an object fired from a gun with an explosive propelling charge, such as a bullet, shell, rocket, or grenade.

2.	a body projected or impelled forward, as through the air.

–adjective

3.	impelling or driving forward, as a force.

4.	caused by impulse, as motion.

5.	capable of being impelled forward, as a missile.

6.	Zoology. protrusile, as the jaws of a fish.

[Origin: 1655–65; < NL, neut. of prōjectilis (adj.) projecting. See project, -ile

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pro·jec·tile Audio Help (prə-jěk'təl, -tīl') Pronunciation Key
n.

A fired, thrown, or otherwise propelled object, such as a bullet, having no capacity for self-propulsion.
A self-propelled missile, such as a rocket.

adj.

Capable of being impelled or hurled forward.
Driving forward; impelling: a projectile force.
Zoology Capable of being thrust outward; protrusile.

[New Latin proiectile, neuter of prōiectilis, that can be thrown, from Latin prōiectus, past participle of prōicere, to throw out; see project.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
projectile

1665, from Mod.L. projectilis, from L. projectus, pp. of proicere (see project).

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projectile
adjective
1.	impelling or impelled forward; "a projectile force"; "a projectile missile"
noun
1.	a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled
2.	any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine [syn: rocket]

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proˈjectile [-tail, (American) -tl] noun

something that is thrown, usually as a weapon

Arabic:	قَذيفَه
Chinese (Simplified):	射弹
Chinese (Traditional):	射彈
Czech:	střela
Danish:	projektil
Dutch:	projectiel
Estonian:	viskekeha, mürsk
Finnish:	ammus
French:	projectile
German:	das Geschoß
Greek:	βλήμα
Hungarian:	lövedék
Icelandic:	skeyti, skot
Indonesian:	proyektil
Italian:	proiettile

Japanese:	発射体
Korean:	발사되는 것, 발사물
Latvian:	lādiņš; šāviņš; raķete
Lithuanian:	sviedinys, šovinys, raketa
Norwegian:	prosjektil
Polish:	pocisk
Portuguese (Brazil):	projétil
Portuguese (Portugal):	projéctil
Romanian:	proiectil
Russian:	снаряд
Slovak:	strela
Slovenian:	izstrelek
Spanish:	proyectil
Swedish:	projektil
Turkish:	mermi, patlayıcı maddeler

See also: projector, project

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Projectile

Pro*ject"ile\, a. [Cf. F. projectile.]

1. Projecting or impelling forward; as, a projectile force.

2. Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled forward; as, projectile motion. --Arbuthnot.

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Projectile

Pro*ject"ile\, n. [Cf. F. projectile.]

1. A body projected, or impelled forward, by force; especially, a missile adapted to be shot from a firearm.

2. pl. (Mech.) A part of mechanics which treats of the motion, range, time of flight, etc., of bodies thrown or driven through the air by an impelling force.

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