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Grammar : Noun
Spell : pruh-jek-til, -tahyl
Phonetic Transcription : prəˈdʒɛk tɪl, -taɪl

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Définition of projectile

Origin :
  • 1660s, from Modern Latin projectilis, from Latin proiectus, past participle of proicere (see project (n.)). Projectile vomiting attested from 1985.
  • noun bullet
  • noun weapon
Example sentences :
  • There was a force back of what he said like the force back of the projectile.
  • Extract from : « David Dunne » by Belle Kanaris Maniates
  • Then he picked up another and followed through with a second projectile.
  • Extract from : « Islands of Space » by John W Campbell
  • The Projectile Company has multiplied its 1913 profit thirteen times over!
  • Extract from : « The World in Chains » by John Mavrogordato
  • The great weight of its projectile gave the double cannon its name.
  • Extract from : « Artillery Through the Ages » by Albert Manucy
  • Yet the only basic difference is the kind of energy that sends the projectile on its way.
  • Extract from : « Artillery Through the Ages » by Albert Manucy
  • Fuze—a device to ignite the charge of a shell or other projectile.
  • Extract from : « Artillery Through the Ages » by Albert Manucy
  • Our 'scopes on the Cometara had not been able to locate the projectile.
  • Extract from : « Wandl the Invader » by Raymond King Cummings
  • And the projectile, Mr Barlow, are you prepared to undertake that also?
  • Extract from : « The World Peril of 1910 » by George Griffith
  • In the second shot the projectile was the same, but the charge was greater.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 » by Various
  • And what are we to say of the projectile impulse in the case of the planets?
  • Extract from : « Christianity and Greek Philosophy » by Benjamin Franklin Cocker

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