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projectile |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Projectile \Pro*ject"ile\, a. [Cf. F. projectile.] 1. Projecting or impelling forward; as a projectile force. 2. Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled forward; as projectile motion. --Arbuthnot. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Projectile \Pro*ject"ile\, n. [Cf. F. projectile.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: projectile adj : impelling or impelled forward; "a projectile force"; "a projectile missile" n : a body that is thrown or projected [syn: {missile}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. Formerly these disputes were settled by physical contact of the disputants, with such simple arguments as the rudimentary logic of the times could supply -- the sword, the spear, and so forth. With the growth of prudence in military affairs the projectile came more and more into favor, and is now held in high esteem by the most courageous. Its capital defect is that it requires personal attendance at the point of propulsion.
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