Vocabulary Word
Word: projectile
Definition: missile; fired or thrown object (such as stone or bullet)
Definition: missile; fired or thrown object (such as stone or bullet)
Sentences Containing 'projectile'
Mr. Cruncher was out of spirits, and out of temper, and kept an iron pot lid by him as a projectile for the correction of Mrs. Cruncher, in case he should observe any symptoms of her saying Grace.
In 1996, M. Steven Shackley of UC Berkeley announced work based on a study of Ishi's projectile points and those of the northern tribes.
Thus, no spin is imparted to the projectile in flight.
The projectile carried 88 M42/M46 grenade like dual purpose submunitions.
The 155 mm M864 projectile entered production in 1987, and featured a base bleed that enhances the range of the projectile, although it still carries the same M42/M46 grenades.
A pepper-spray projectile, also called a pepper-spray ball, pepper-ball or pepper-spray pellet is a projectile weapon made up of a powdered chemical that irritates eyes and nose (see pepper spray).
These forced compliance weapons launch a fragile projectile which breaks upon impact and releases an irritant payload.
A pepper-spray projectile may be a sphere, hence the name pepper-ball, but it may also come in other shapes.
The projectile is usually sold to be used with a launcher or gun by the same company, to provide best reliability.
In Swedish service the standard cartridge used a lead projectile (shaped like a Minié ball) weighing 24 gr (370 g).
Ths is a list of recoilless rifles (RCL) intended to catalogue these lightweight infantry support weapons that allow the firing of a heavier projectile than would be practical with a recoiling artillery guns.
The M107 155mm projectile is the US Army and US Marine Corps' standard high explosive (HE) projectile for howitzers.
The M107 is a development of the M102 155mm mm shell that was developed in the 1930s from the French Schneider 155 mm projectile for the Model 1917 Howitzer.
The complete projectile weighs 43.2 kg, is 800 mm long and contains 15.8% explosive by weight.
It is a separate-loading projectile - propellant bags or MAC charges are loaded separately.
In the episode "Targets", when assassins Cheshire and Sportsmaster attempt to kill him and two Asian diplomats, Mercy uses her mechanical arm that contains projectile weapons to stop them.
The weapon is used by inserting the projectile inside the pipe (known as a blowgun) and using the force created by one's breath to give the projectile momentum.
A snap cap is a device which appears similar to a standard firearm cartridge but contains no primer and no projectile; it is used to ensure that dry firing firearms of certain designs does not cause damage.
A new cultural complex was born, the Folsom tradition, with smaller projectile points to hunt smaller animals.
Excavations in 1964-1965, yielded projectile points ranging in age from 7900 t o 6210 B.C.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Since the Second World War, the penetration of HEAT rounds relative to projectile diameters has steadily increased as a result of improved liner material and metal jet performance.
HEAT projectile stabilization and accuracy.
Paradoxically, this leads to situation when a kinetic armor-piercing projectile is "more" usable at long ranges than a HEAT projectile, despite the latter having a "higher" armor penetration.
There are also various other projectile (BONUS, DM 642) and rocket submunitions (Motiv-3M, DM 642) and mines (MIFF, TMRP-6) that use SFF principle.
The new system allowed firing during the day and during night operations, and increased the likelihood of a first round impact (meaning, the chances of the first projectile fired by the gun hitting its target).
A projectile is any object projected into space (empty or not) by the exertion of a force.
Although any object in motion through space (for example a thrown baseball) is a projectile, the term most commonly refers to a ranged weapon.
Mathematical equations of motion are used to analyze projectile trajectory.
Examples of projectiles include balls, arrows, bullets, artillery shells, rockets etc.
Projectile launchers.
Throwing is the launching of a projectile by hand.
A sling is a projectile weapon typically used to throw a blunt projectile such as a stone, clay or lead "sling-bullet".
This frees the projectile to fly to the target.
Catapult.
A catapult is a device used to launch a projectile a great distance without the aid of explosive devices—particularly various types of ancient and medieval siege engines.
The confined gas accelerates the movable projectile down the length of the tube imparting sufficient velocity to sustain the projectile's travel once the action of the gas ceases at the end of the tube or muzzle.
Internal ballistics (also interior ballistics), a subfield of ballistics, is the study of the propulsion of a projectile.
In guns internal ballistics covers the time from the propellant's ignition until the projectile exits the gun barrel.
Transitional ballistics, also known as intermediate ballistics, is the study of a projectile's behavior from the time it leaves the muzzle until the pressure behind the projectile is equalized, so it lies between internal ballistics and external ballistics.
External ballistics is the part of the science of ballistics that deals with the behaviour of a non-powered projectile in flight.
Terminal ballistics is the study of the behavior and effects of a projectile when it hits its target.
These guns fired a projectile using cordite MD propellant.
The gun was fed with two-piece ammunition, the projectile and cartridge making up separate pieces.
Like many bosses, he is very hard to knock down, immune to being thrown and most projectile attacks have very little to no effect against him.
One kind of smart bullet is a projectile that is capable of changing its course during flight.
The bullet (projectile) has a sensor inside of it that can send wireless data up to 70 meters.
The projectile of RPG launchers is similarly designated PG, (PG-7, etc.), which similarly stands for противотанковая граната, "anti-tank grenade".
It is a fighting game in which characters fight in a 3D environment using mêlée and projectile attacks.
This was the typical artifact of these people — a simple, bi-facial, leaf-shaped projectile point which average about in length.
The projectile was shaped like a bullet because it was gun-launched from the ground, a method infeasible for transporting man to space due to the high acceleration forces produced.
After that Brenneke developed a 19-gram (293 gr) Torpedo Universal Geschoss (TUG – Torpedo Universal projectile) with a lead tip that is still produced.
That player will than be sent a warning or a "Incoming!" message where the player can try and dodge the projectile.
