Definition of "projectile"

projectile

/pɹə(ʊ)ˈd͡ʒɛktʌɪl/

noun
plural projectiles
1. An object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon.
2. (physics) Any object propelled or thrown through space by the application of a force, such as strong wind.
adjective
not comparable
1. Projecting or impelling forward.
2. Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled forward.
  Quotations
  A free and strong Projectile Motion of the Blood must occasion a florid Appearance upon the Skin in such Constitutions
  1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments, and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human Bodies. […], 1st Irish edition, Dublin: […] S. Powell, for George Risk, […], George Ewing, […], and William Smith, […]