projectile

/projectile/

Thân thiện

A child throws a small projectile across a grassy field.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A weapon that is thrown or launched through the air: An object, especially a weapon, that is designed to be thrown, shot, or otherwise propelled with force at a target. It is not self-propelled after launch.
   • A self-propelling vehicle or missile: A vehicle, such as a rocket, that moves forward under its own power, typically by expelling exhaust gases.

2. Adjective:

   • Impelling forward: Having the quality of driving or propelling something forward.
   • Capable of being thrown or launched: Designed or able to be propelled through the air.

Usage and Examples

• Noun (Weapon):

  • The ancient soldiers used stones as simple projectiles.
  • The police found the projectile, a bullet, lodged in the wall.

• Noun (Self-propelled vehicle):

  • The space agency launched a new projectile to study Mars.
  • Modern artillery uses guided projectiles.

• Adjective:

  • The catapult uses projectile force to hurl the stone.
  • The engineers studied the projectile motion of the ball.

Advanced Usage

• "Projectile vomiting": A medical term describing vomit that is expelled with great force, as if propelled.
  • The infant's illness caused severe projectile vomiting.

Variants and Related Words

• Project (verb): To throw or cast forward; to plan or calculate for the future.
  • The machine can project an image onto the wall.
• Projection (noun): The act of throwing or propelling something; an estimate or plan for the future.
  • The projection of the film was clear.
• Trajectory (noun): The path followed by a projectile flying or an object moving under the action of given forces.
  • They calculated the missile's trajectory.

Synonyms

• Missile: An object which is forcibly propelled at a target.
• Shell: A projectile fired by artillery.
• Bullet: A small projectile fired from a gun.
• Propellant (adjective): Capable of propelling.

Related Phrases and Phrasal Verbs

(Note: "Projectile" is primarily a noun and adjective. It is not commonly used to form phrasal verbs. Related action is expressed with verbs like "launch," "fire," or "propel.")

Related Idioms

(Note: There are no common idioms that center on the word "projectile.")

Học thuật

Adjective

1. impelling or impelled forward
   • a projectile force
   • a projectile missile

Noun

1. any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
2. a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled

Từ đồng nghĩa

• rocket
• missile