Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any of various devices that use electromagnets to accelerate a magnetic projectile via non contact means

    Gaußgewehr

    пу́шка Гауссаpúška Gaussa

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
any device that uses electromagnets to accelerate a magnetic projectile:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
any device that uses electromagnets to accelerate a magnetic projectile:

Origin

From coil + gun. From being a projectile ejecting device whose launcher tube is wrapped in

From coil + gun. From being a projectile ejecting device whose launcher tube is wrapped in electromagnetic coils.

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Forms

plural: coilguns
Singularcoilgun
Pluralcoilguns

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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