Dictionary Entry
projectile
projectile is a 10-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Projecting or impelling forward; as, a projectile force. Face value is 21 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 21 · Words With Friends 26 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Projecting or impelling forward; as, a projectile force.
- 2adjective
Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled forward; as, projectile motion.
- 3noun
A body projected, or impelled forward, by force; especially, a missile adapted to be shot from a firearm.
- 4noun
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.
- 5noun
a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled
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- 6noun
any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
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- 7adjective
impelling or impelled forward
"a projectile force"
"a projectile missile"
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