What does missile mean?
Definitions for missile
ˈmɪs əl; esp. Brit. -aɪlmis·sile
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word missile.
Princeton's WordNet
missile(noun)
a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control
projectile, missile(noun)
a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled
GCIDE
Missile(n.)
A rocket-propelled device designed to fly through the air and deliver a warhead of explosive materials to a target.
Etymology: [L. missile.]
Wiktionary
missile(Noun)
An object intended to be launched into the air at a target.
Etymology: From missilis, neuter missile, in plural missilia, from mittere.
missile(Noun)
A self-propelled projectile whose trajectory can be adjusted after having been launched.
Etymology: From missilis, neuter missile, in plural missilia, from mittere.
Webster Dictionary
Missile(adj)
capable of being thrown; adapted for hurling or to be projected from the hand, or from any instrument or rngine, so as to strike an object at a distance
Etymology: [L. missils, fr. mittere, missum, to cause to go, to send, to throw; cf. Lith. mesti to throw: cf. F. missile. Cf. Admit, Dismiss, Mass the religious service, Message, Mission.]
Missile(noun)
a weapon thrown or projected or intended to be projcted, as a lance, an arrow, or a bullet
Etymology: [L. missils, fr. mittere, missum, to cause to go, to send, to throw; cf. Lith. mesti to throw: cf. F. missile. Cf. Admit, Dismiss, Mass the religious service, Message, Mission.]
Freebase
Missile
In a modern military, a missile is a self-propelled guided weapon system, as opposed to a unguided self-propelled munition, referred to as just a rocket . Missiles have four system components: targeting and/or guidance, flight system, engine, and warhead. Missiles come in types adapted for different purposes: surface-to-surface and air-to-surface missiles, surface-to-air missiles, air-to-air missiles, and anti-satellite missiles. All known existing missiles are designed to be propelled during powered flight by chemical reactions inside a rocket engine, jet engine, or other type of engine. Non-self-propelled airborne explosive devices are generally referred to as shells and usually have a shorter range than missiles. An ordinary English-language usage predating guided weapons is simply any thrown object, such as items thrown at players by rowdy spectators at a sporting event.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Missile
mis′il, adj. that may be thrown from the hand or from any instrument.—n. a weapon thrown by the hand. [L. missilis—mittĕre, missum, to throw.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
missile
Capable of being thrown; adapted for hurling, or to be projected from the hand, or from any instrument or engine; as, to wing the missile dart.
missile
A weapon thrown or intended to be thrown, for doing execution; as, a lance, an arrow, or a bullet.
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'missile' in Nouns Frequency: #1921
Anagrams for missile »
smilies
similes
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of missile in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of missile in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of missile in a Sentence
We said if you will fire one missile, we will fire three. Whatever India will do, we will respond three times to that.
Russian President Vladimir Putin:
Until now, those taking such decisions have lived in calm, fairly well-off and in safety. Now, as these elements of ballistic missile defense are deployed, we are forced to think how to neutralize emerging threats to the Russian Federation.
With four battalions, they should be able to deploy missile systems in four different locations.
The U.S. sanctions against Iran's ballistic missile programme ... have no legal or moral legitimacy.
If the United States rejects this proposal, the natural conclusionthat we draw is that they headed for the creation of attack systems fordeployment in outer space. There is no other logical conclusion fromthis position of their denial, we, by the way, have manyreasons to be concerned about the activities that the US is conductingin outer space, about their plans, including plans to deploy elementsof an anti-ballistic missile system in space.
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- قذيفة, صاروخArabic
- раке́таBelarusian
- раке́таBulgarian
- projectil, míssilCatalan, Valencian
- střelaCzech
- missilDanish
- Flugkörper, RaketeGerman
- βλήμα, πύραυλοςGreek
- misil, proyectilSpanish
- rakettEstonian
- ammus, raketti, ohjusFinnish
- projectile, missileFrench
- urchairScottish Gaelic
- mísilGalician
- רקטה, טילHebrew
- प्रक्षेपास्त्रHindi
- rakéta, lövedékHungarian
- հրթիռArmenian
- missileItalian
- ミサイル, 弾丸Japanese
- მართული ყუმბარა, რაკეტა, ყუმბარაGeorgian
- កាំជ្រួចKhmer
- ಕ್ಷಿಪಣಿKannada
- 미사일Korean
- تۆپKurdish
- क्षेपणास्त्रMarathi
- peluru berpanduMalay
- raketDutch
- missilNorwegian
- rakietaPolish
- míssilPortuguese
- rachetă, proiectile, proiectilRomanian
- раке́та, снаря́дRussian
- strela, raketaSlovak
- missil, raket, robotSwedish
- ขีปนาวุธThai
- füzeTurkish
- раке́таUkrainian
- tên lửaVietnamese
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