projectile

Meanings

Noun

• an object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon.
• any object propelled through space by the application of a force.

Adjective

• Projecting or impelling forward.
• Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled forward.

Origin

• From Medieval Latin prōiectilis, from Latin prōiectus, perfect passive participle of prōiciō.