projicient
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin prōiciō, from prō- (“from, in the place of; for”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”).
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɪʃənt
Noun
editprojicient (plural projicients)
- (obsolete) Someone or something that launches a projectile.
- 1662: Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue Two)
- The project separated from the projicient, continueth the motion by vertue impressed on it by the said projicient.
- 1662: Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue Two)
Adjective
editprojicient (not comparable)
- Of or relating to projicience.
References
edit- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “projicient”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Latin
editVerb
editprōjicient