Compression Projectile - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: compression projectileCompression projectile
A projectile constructed so as to take the grooves of a rifle by means of a soft copper band firmly attached near its base or formerly by means of an envelope of soft metal In small arms the modern projectile having a soft core and harder jacket is subjected to compression throughout the entire cylindrical part...
lossy compression
The compression of binary data into a form which when it is re expanded has most but not all of the original information It is used primarily for compression of images and sounds and is designed to provide a high degree of compression at the cost of a slight loss of data It is expemplified by the JPEG compression standard Images compressed by a lossy compression algorithm are re expanded into an image close but not identical to the original image the difference between the original and the reconstructed image may be imperceptible to normal viewing by the eye...
Compressibility
The quality of being compressible of being compressible as the compressibility of elastic fluids...
Compressive
Compressing or having power or tendency to compress as a compressive force...
Compressibleness
The quality of being compressible compressibility...
Compression
The act of compressing or state of being compressed...
Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)
Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), means mixtures of hydrocarbon gases and vapours, consisting mainly of Methane in gaseous form, which has been compressed for use as automotive fuel. [Gas Cylinder Rules, 2004, R. 2(viii)]...
Compress
To press or squeeze together to force into a narrower compass to reduce the volume of by pressure to compact to condense as to compress air or water...
ballistics
ballistics 1 a : the science of the motion of projectiles (as bullets) in flight b : the flight characteristics of a projectile (as a bullet) 2 : the study of the processes within a firearm as it is fired ...
Gun
A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles consisting of a tube or barrel closed at one end in which the projectile is placed with an explosive charge such as guncotton or gunpowder behind which is ignited by various means Pistols rifles carbines muskets and fowling pieces are smaller guns for hand use and are called small arms Larger guns are called cannon ordnance fieldpieces carronades howitzers etc See these terms in the Vocabulary...
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