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cyclic rate

cyclic rate noun: the rate at which an automatic firearm will fire if its firing mechanism is held down, causing the delay between successive shots to be the time needed for the firearm's action to cycle.

Noun

cyclic rate (countable and uncountable, plural cyclic rates)

  1. The rate at which an automatic firearm will fire if its firing mechanism is held down, causing the delay between successive shots to be the time needed for the firearm's action to cycle.

Forms of cyclic rate

pluralcyclic rates

Questions about cyclic rate

What does cyclic rate mean?
Cyclic rate means the rate at which an automatic firearm will fire if its firing mechanism is held down, causing the delay between successive shots to be the time needed for the firearm's action to cycle.
What part of speech is cyclic rate?
Cyclic rate is a noun.
What is the plural of cyclic rate?
The plural of cyclic rate is cyclic rates.

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