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pro•jec•tile



Pronunciation: (pru-jek'til, -tīl), [key]
—n.
1. an object fired from a gun with an explosive propelling charge, such as a bullet, shell, rocket, or grenade.
2. a body projected or impelled forward, as through the air.

—adj.
1. impelling or driving forward, as a force.
2. caused by impulse, as motion.
3. capable of being impelled forward, as a missile.
4. Zool.protrusile, as the jaws of a fish.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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