recoilless

Thân thiện

A soldier fires a recoilless rifle during a training exercise.

Definition

Adjective: - Describing a weapon, typically a firearm or artillery piece, engineered to have very little or no perceptible backward momentum (recoil) when fired. This is achieved through specialized designs, such as venting propellant gases to the rear to counteract the forward force of the projectile.

Usage

The term is used almost exclusively as a technical descriptor for weapons systems. It modifies nouns like "rifle," "gun," or "launcher." - The infantry unit was equipped with a recoilless rifle for anti-tank defense. - Firing the recoilless weapon produced a massive backblast but negligible kick.

Advanced Usage

• The concept can be applied metaphorically to describe other mechanisms or actions that proceed without a reactive force or setback, though this is rare.
  • The new policy was a recoilless reform, implemented smoothly without political backlash.

Variants and Related Words

• Recoil (noun/verb): The backward jerk or movement of a gun upon firing; to shrink back in fear or disgust.
• Recoilless rifle (noun phrase): A specific type of lightweight artillery piece that is recoilless.

Synonyms

• Low-recoil (though this implies some recoil, whereas "recoilless" aims for none)
• Counteracted-recoil (technical)

Antonyms

• Heavy-recoiling
• Kicking (informal)

Học thuật

Adjective

1. of or being a weapon that is designed to minimize recoil