a rocket with a conventional weight of one pound.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > rocket (6) pound rocket1752 a rocket with a conventional weight of one pound. Congreve1809 More fully Congreve rocket: A kind of rocket for use in war, invented in 1808 by Col. Sir William Congreve (1772–1828). rocket1915 A cylindrical projectile that can be propelled to a considerable height or distance by the combustion of its contents and the backward ejection… retro-rocket1948 An air-to-sea missile which is fired backwards at a speed equal to that of the aeroplane so that the two speeds cancel out, causing the missile to… Subcategories:— parts of (2) |
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