rocket-propelled projectile

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• Rocket Assisted Projectile — A Rocket Assisted Projectile is an artillery or cannon round incorporating a rocket motor for independent propulsion. This grants the projectile both greater speed and range than an ordinary shell, which is propelled only by the ballistic force… …   Wikipedia

• Rocket launcher — For other uses, see Rocket launcher (disambiguation). Shoulder launched weapons avoid the problem of recoil by directing all exhaust out the rear of the launch tube (Swedish AT4) …   Wikipedia

• rocket — Ⅰ. rocket [1] ► NOUN 1) a cylindrical projectile that can be propelled to a great height or distance by the combustion of its contents. 2) a missile or spacecraft propelled by an engine providing thrust on the same principle. 3) Brit. informal a… …   English terms dictionary

• rocket and missile system — ▪ weapons system Introduction       any of a variety of weapons systems that deliver explosive warheads to their targets by means of rocket propulsion.       Rocket is a general term used broadly to describe a variety of jet propelled missiles… …   Universalium

• Rocket — This article is about vehicles powered by rocket engines. For other uses, see Rocket (disambiguation). A Soyuz U, at Baikonur Site 1/5 A rocket is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust from a rocket engi …   Wikipedia

• rocket — I. noun Etymology: Middle French roquette, from Old Italian rochetta, diminutive of ruca arugula, from Latin eruca Date: 1530 any of several plants of the mustard family: as a. arugula b. dame s rocket II. noun Usage: often attributive …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• rocket — rocket1 noun 1》 a cylindrical projectile that can be propelled to a great height or distance by the combustion of its contents.     ↘a missile or spacecraft propelled by an engine providing thrust on the same principle. 2》 Brit. informal a severe …   English new terms dictionary

• rocket — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a cylindrical projectile that can be propelled to a great height or distance by combustion of its contents, used esp. as a firework or signal. 2 an engine using a similar principle but not dependent on air intake for its operation …   Useful english dictionary

• rocket — rocket1 [räk′it] n. [It rocchetta, spool or bobbin, rocket, orig. dim. of rocca, distaff < OHG roccho, distaff: from the resemblance in shape] 1. any of various devices, typically cylindrical, containing liquid or solid propellants which when… …   English World dictionary

• Projectile — A projectile is any object propelled through space by the exertion of a force, which ceases after launch. In a general sense, even a football or baseball may be considered a projectile. It can cause damage (injury, property damage) to a person,… …   Wikipedia

• rocket — {{11}}rocket (n.1) garden plant of the cabbage family, 1520s, from M.Fr. roquette, from It. rochetta, dim. of ruca a kind of cabbage, from L. eruca colewort, perhaps lit. hairy caterpillar (the plant has downy stems) and related to ericus… …   Etymology dictionary