Usually means: Object propelled through air, space.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. projectile: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. projectile: Merriam-Webster
  3. projectile: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. projectile: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. projectile: Collins English Dictionary
  6. projectile: Vocabulary.com
  7. Projectile, projectile: Wordnik
  8. projectile: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. projectile: Wiktionary
  10. projectile: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. projectile: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. projectile: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Projectile, projectile: Dictionary.com
  14. projectile: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. projectile: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Projectile: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Projectile: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. projectile: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. projectile: Rhymezone
  20. Projectile, projectile (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. projectile: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. projectile: FreeDictionary.org
  23. projectile: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. projectile: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. projectile: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. projectile: Medical dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Projectile: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  2. Projectile: Extragalactic Astronomy

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. projectile: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Explosives (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (projectile)

▸ noun:  An object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon.
▸ noun:  (physics) Any object propelled or thrown through space by the application of a force, such as strong wind.
▸ adjective:  Projecting or impelling forward.
▸ adjective:  Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled forward.

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missile, dynamic, dynamical, projectile point, rocket, firearm, shot, steel, direct fire, bullet, more...

Opposite:
target

Types:
bullet, arrow, bolt, javelin, rock, cannonball, dart, more...

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projectile points, projectile point, Projectile motion, projectile vomiting, projectile syringe, more...

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pound, inch, heavy, small, single, explosive, elongated, large, solid, hollow, spherical

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Similar:
missile, dynamic, dynamical, projectile point, rocket, firearm, shot, steel, direct fire, bullet, more...

Opposite:
target

Types:
bullet, arrow, bolt, javelin, rock, cannonball, dart, more...

Phrases:
projectile points, projectile point, Projectile motion, projectile vomiting, projectile syringe, compression projectile, subcaliber projectile, M107 projectile, Rocket-assisted projectile, more...

Adjectives:
pound, inch, heavy, small, single, explosive, elongated, large, solid, hollow, spherical

Colors:
    silver,     gray,     black,     red,     orange, more...



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