projectile

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Medieval Latin prōiectilis ‎(“projectile”), from Latin prōiectus, perfect passive participle of prōiciō ‎(“throw forth; extend; expel”).

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /prə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛktʌɪl/, /prə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛktɪl/
• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈdʒɛk.taɪl/

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• Hyphenation: pro‧ject‧ile

NounEdit

Wikipedia

projectile ‎(plural projectiles)

1. an object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon.
2. (physics) any object propelled through space by the application of a force.

TranslationsEdit

object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon

• Armenian: արկ ‎(ark), ռումբ (hy) ‎(ṙumb), գնդակ (hy) ‎(gndak)
• Asturian: proyeutil m
• Catalan: projectil (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拋射物 (zh), 抛射物 (zh) ‎(pāoshèwù), 發射體, 发射体 ‎(fāshètǐ)

• Czech: střela (cs) f, projektil m
• Dutch: projectiel (nl)
• Finnish: ammus (fi)
• French: projectile (fr) m
• Galician: proxectil m
• Georgian: ჭურვი ‎(č̣urvi), ტყვია ‎(ṭq̇via)
• German: Projektil (de) n, Geschoss (de) n
• Greek: βλήμα (el) n ‎(vlíma)

• Hebrew: קליע m ‎(kalia)
• Indonesian: proyektil (id)
• Japanese: 発射体 ‎(はっしゃたい, hasshatai)
• Polish: pocisk (pl)
• Portuguese: projéctil (pt) m
• Romanian: proiectil (ro) n
• Russian: снаря́д (ru) m ‎(snarjád), пу́ля (ru) f ‎(púlja) (bullet), стрела́ (ru) f ‎(strelá) (arrow)
• Scottish Gaelic: peilear m, urchair f
• Spanish: proyectil (es) m
• Swedish: projektil (sv) c

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• Dutch: projectiel (nl) n
• Finnish: ammus (fi)

• Hungarian: lövedék (hu)

See alsoEdit

• missile
• rocket

AdjectiveEdit

projectile ‎(not comparable)

1. Projecting or impelling forward.

   a projectile force; a projectile weapon

2. Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled forward.

   projectile motion

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NounEdit

projectile m ‎(plural projectiles)

1. projectile