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PROJECT'ILE, a. Impelling forward; as a projectile force.
1. Given by impulse; impelled forward; as projectile motion.
PROJECT'ILE, n. A body projected, or impelled forward by force, particularly through the air.
1. Projectiles, in mechanical philosophy, is that part which treats of the motion of bodies thrown or driven by an impelling force from the surface of the earth, and affected by gravity and the resistance of the air.

projectile appears in definitions for these words:
Amplitude Gunnery Projectile Pulse

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