railgun

See also: rail gun

English

Alternative forms

• rail gun

Etymology

From rail +‎ gun.

• (railway gun): From being a gun mounted on a rail car, and being railroad-mobile.
• (EM gun): From being a projectile ejecting device with a pair of electric conducting rails that a launch sled runs along, which shoots the projectile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪl.ɡʌn/, [ˈɹeɪɫ.ɡʌn], [ˈɹeɪ.jəɫ.ɡʌn]

Noun

railgun (plural railguns)

1. An electromagnetic gun that uses a large electrical current to propel a projectile down a track of two parallel conductive rails.
2. A railway gun.
3. A benchrest rifle.

Translations

electromagnetic gun

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 磁道炮 (cídàopào), 電磁炮／电磁炮 (zh) (diàncípào)

• Esperanto: elektromagneta kanono
• Finnish: raidetykki
• French: canon électrique (fr) m, railgun (fr) m
• German: Railgun f, Schienenkanone f
• Italian: Cannone a rotaia m
• Japanese: レールガン (ja) (rērugan)
• Marathi: रेलगन f (relgan)
• Portuguese: canhão elétrico m
• Russian: рельсотро́н (ru) m (relʹsotrón), ре́льсовая пу́шка f (rélʹsovaja púška)
• Spanish: arma de riel m, cañón de riel

railway gun — see railway gun

See also

• coilgun
• electric gun