railgun

See also: rail gun

English

Alternative forms

rail gun

Etymology

From rail +‎ gun.

(railway gun): From being a gun mounted on a rail car, and being railroad-mobile.
(EM gun): From being a projectile ejecting device with a pair of electric conducting rails that a launch sled runs along, which shoots the projectile.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪl.ɡʌn/, [ˈɹeɪɫ.ɡʌn], [ˈɹeɪ.jəɫ.ɡʌn]

Noun

railgun (plural railguns)

An electromagnetic gun that uses a large electrical current to propel a projectile down a track of two parallel conductive rails.
A railway gun.
A benchrest rifle.

Translations

electromagnetic gun

Chinese:
Mandarin: 磁道炮 (cídàopào), 電磁炮／电磁炮 (zh) (diàncípào)
Esperanto: elektromagneta kanono
Finnish: raidetykki
French: canon électrique (fr) m, railgun (fr) m
German: Railgun f, Schienenkanone f
Italian: Cannone a rotaia m
Japanese: レールガン (ja) (rērugan)
Marathi: रेलगन f (relgan)
Portuguese: canhão elétrico m
Russian: рельсотро́н (ru) m (relʹsotrón), ре́льсовая пу́шка f (rélʹsovaja púška)
Spanish: arma de riel m, cañón de riel

railway gun — see railway gun

See also

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