What does Artillery mean?
Definitions for Artillery
ɑrˈtɪl ə riar·tille·ry
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Artillery.
Princeton's WordNet
artillery, heavy weapon, gun, ordnancenoun
large but transportable armament
artillery, artillery unitnoun
an army unit that uses big guns
weapon, artillerynoun
a means of persuading or arguing
"he used all his conversational weapons"
Wiktionary
artillerynoun
Large cannon like weapons, transportable and usually operated by more than one person.
artillerynoun
A unit of the army, that uses such weapons.
artillerynoun
Gunnery.
Etymology: artillerie, from artillerie.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Artillerynoun
It has no plural.
Etymology: artillerie, Fr.
And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them unto the city.
Have I not heard great ordnance in the field?
And heav’n’s artillery thunder in the skies? William Shakespeare, T. Shrew.I’ll to the Tower with all the haste I can,
To view th’ artillery and ammunition. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.Upon one wing the artillery was drawn, being sixteen pieces, every piece having pioneers to plain the ways. John Hayward.
He that views a fort to take it,
Plants his artillery ’gainst the weakest place. John Denham, Sophy.
ChatGPT
artillery
Artillery refers to large, heavy weapons and military combat equipment that are used to launch projectiles over long distances, such as cannons, howitzers, mortars, and rocket launchers. This term can also refer to the branch of an army that specializes in the use and maintenance of such weapons.
Webster Dictionary
Artillerynoun
munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows, and arrows
Artillerynoun
cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls, bombs, and shot of all kinds
Artillerynoun
the men and officers of that branch of the army to which the care and management of artillery are confided
Artillerynoun
the science of artillery or gunnery
Etymology: [OE. artilrie, OF. artillerie, arteillerie, fr. LL. artillaria, artilleria, machines and apparatus of all kinds used in war, vans laden with arms of any kind which follow camps; F. artillerie great guns, ordnance; OF. artillier to work artifice, to fortify, to arm, prob. from L. ars, artis, skill in joining something, art. See Art.]
Wikidata
Artillery
Artillery is a weapon of war that operates by projection of munitions far beyond the effective range of personal weapons. Artillery comprise specialised devices which use some form of stored energy to operate, whether mechanical, chemical, or electromagnetic. Originally designed to breach fortifications, they have evolved from nearly static installations intended to reduce a single obstacle to highly mobile weapons of great flexibility in which now reposes the greater portion of a modern army's offensive capabilities. Originally artillery was any group of infantry primarily armed with projectile weapons. Since the development of cannon, the word "artillery" in practice has largely meant cannon; in contemporary usage it usually refers to shell-firing guns, howitzers, mortars, and rockets. In common speech the word artillery is individual devices, together with their accessories and fittings, although these assemblages are more properly called equipment. By association, artillery may also refer to the arm of service that customarily operates such engines. Artillery is the most lethal form of land-based armament; in the Napoleonic Wars, World War I and World War II the vast majority of combat deaths were caused by artillery. In 1944, Joseph Stalin said in a speech that artillery was "the God of War".
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Artillery
är-til′ėr-i, n. offensive weapons of war, esp. cannon, mortars, &c.: the men who manage them: a branch of the military service: gunnery.—ns. Artill′erist, one skilled in artillery or gunnery; Artill′ery-man, a soldier of the artillery. [O. Fr. artillerie, artiller, to arm; through a supposed Low L. artillāre—L. ars, artis, art.]
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Dictionary of Nautical Terms
artillery
Artillery was formerly synonymous with archery, but now comprehends every description of ordnance, guns, mortars, fire-arms, and all their appurtenances. The term is also applied to the noble corps destined to that service: as also to the theory and practice of the science of projectiles: it was moreover given to all kinds of missile weapons, and the translators of the Bible make Jonathan give his "artillery unto his lad."
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
artillery
In a general sense, signifies all sorts of great guns or cannon, mortars, howitzers, petards, and the like, together with all the apparatus and stores thereto belonging, which are not only taken into the field, but likewise to sieges, and made use of both to attack and defend fortified places; also the officers and men of that branch of the army to which the care and management of such machines have been confided. (See Ordnance.) Artillery, in a particular sense, signifies the science of artillery or gunnery, which art includes a knowledge of surveying, leveling, geometry, trigonometry, conic sections, laws of motion, mechanics, fortifications, and projectiles. See Battery, Field Battery, Field Artillery, Siege Artillery.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Artillery in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Artillery in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of Artillery in a Sentence
A number of signs, including a higher concentration of air strikes, the movement of Russian artillery support for regime forces, and a variety of skirmishes near a 3-to-4 kilometer gap that still keeps Aleppo City from being besieged, all show that they are getting ready to move.
We have to close our sky, to defend our sky, that’s priority number one. After that, we need to get more armed vehicles, tanks, artillery systems, UAVs, etc. etc. We have people, but we need weaponry.
They left with military vehicles, tanks, armored personnel carriers, artillery pieces and military trucks with personnel on them.
But despite artillery shelling by the enemy and casualties among civilians, there is no panic among us, these are our lands, and we will not leave under no circumstances.
We see a multiplication of incidents, violations of the ceasefire, we've seen cases of redeployment of heavy armaments closer to the contact line ... and multiple rocket launchers, artillery being used.
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- سلاح المدفعيةArabic
- артилерияBulgarian
- artilleriaCatalan, Valencian
- dělostřelectvo, artilerieCzech
- ArtillerieGerman
- πυροβόλο, πυροβολική, πυροβολικόGreek
- artilleríaSpanish
- tykistöoppi, tykistöFinnish
- tüzérségHungarian
- artiglieriaItalian
- 大砲, 砲兵隊Japanese
- артилеријаMacedonian
- artilhariaPortuguese
- артиллерияRussian
- artileriAlbanian
- artilleriSwedish
- ağır silahlarTurkish
- артилеріяUkrainian
- האַרמאַטYiddish
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