Definitions
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- adjective
recoilless (gun) - adjective physics Occurring without
recoil
Etymologies
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non- + recoil
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Examples
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There were enough nonrecoil weapons here to defend the shed against anything one could imagine, if anything could get through the missile batteries on the desert round about.
Space Platform Leinster, Murray, 1896- 1953
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The first year of the war saw also the development of the seaplane, with the adaption to this vehicle of the air a nonrecoil gun, which permits the use of comparatively large calibers, and of the Lewis gun.
Our Navy in the War Lawrence Perry 1914
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