- 1. a. Projecting or impelling forward; as, a projectile force. Source: opted
- 2. a. Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled forward; as, projectile motion. Source: opted
- 3. n. A body projected, or impelled forward, by force; especially, a missile adapted to be shot from a firearm. Source: opted
- 4. n. 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. Source: opted
- 5. adj. impelling or impelled forward Source: wordnet
- 6. n. a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled Source: wordnet
- 7. n. any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine Source: wordnet
- 8. 1. Projecting or impelling forward; as, a projectile force. 2. Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled forward; as, projectile motion. Arbuthnot. 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. Source: webster
- 9. A part of mechanics which treats of the motion, range, time offlight, etc., of bodies thrown or driven through the air by animpelling force. Source: adambom
- 10. n:100 n. a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled s. impelling or impelled forward Source: ecdict
Home / Dictionary / projectile
projectile
Thesaurus links
Related headwords in VividLex — dictionary ↔ thesaurus bridge for exploration and SEO depth.
From the definitions
forwardforceimpelledimpellingmotionthrownprojectedairbodiesdrivenmechanicspartrangeself-propelledtimetreatsprojectingprojectionadaptedbodycausedfirearmflightforcibly
Open full thesaurus page for projectile · Language as a Lens