projectile Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled
    missile.
  2. noun any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
    rocket.
  3. adjective satellite impelling or impelled forward
    • a projectile force
    • a projectile missile

WordNet

Pro*ject"ile adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. projectile.
Definitions
  1. Projecting or impelling forward; as, a projectile force.
  2. Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled forward; as, projectile motion. Arbuthnot.
Pro*ject"ile noun
Etymology
Cf. F. projectile.
Definitions
  1. A body projected, or impelled forward, by force; especially, a missile adapted to be shot from a firearm.
  2. pl. (Mech.) A part of mechanics which treats of the motion, range, time of flight, etc., of bodies thrown or driven through the air by an impelling force. projectile vomiting, vomiting with such force as to expel the vomitus over a distance.

Webster 1913