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Definition of Muzzle velocity
1. Noun. The velocity of a projectile as it leaves the muzzle of a gun.
Definition of Muzzle velocity
1. Noun. (context: firearms) The velocity of a discharged projectile at the muzzle of a firearm. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Muzzle Velocity
Literary usage of Muzzle velocity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"In designing the piece, the muzzle velocity is determined on, and also the velocity
of rotation to be communicated to the projectile ; the combination of ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"class and contemporary cruisers, which fires a ioo-tb projectile with a muzzle
velocity of 2900 ft. per second. It has on.!/ now passed out of favour on ..."
3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"The Italian gun, for instance, with a projectile weighing 2000 pounds and a muzzle
velocity of 1700 foot-seconds (feet per second), develops only 40000 ..."
4. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1900)
"The earlier gun of 1883 was 16 feet 3 inches long and fired a ioo-pound projectile
with a muzzle velocity of 2000 feet per second and a muzzle energy of ..."
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