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downrange

downrange adjective: in the horizontal direction away from the launch site of a rocket or projectile in the direction of its travel.

Adjective

downrange (not generally comparable, comparative further downrange or farther downrange, superlative furthest downrange or farthest downrange)

  1. (not comparable, usually) In the horizontal direction away from the launch site of a rocket or projectile in the direction of its travel.

Adverb

downrange (not generally comparable, comparative further downrange or farther downrange, superlative furthest downrange or farthest downrange)

  1. (not comparable, usually) In the horizontal direction away from the launch site of a rocket or projectile in the direction of its travel.
    • Luckily, the sheer rate of fire that the 5-inch guns allowed for was fast enough that a few salvos of regular shells were sent downrange quickly as a followup before the two racing ships passed by each other and vanished into the murk.2021 March 10, Drachinifel, 14:21 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN), archived from the original on 17 Oct 2022

Forms of downrange

Adjective
comparativefurther downrange
comparativefarther downrange
superlativefurthest downrange
superlativefarthest downrange
Adverb
comparativefurther downrange
comparativefarther downrange
superlativefurthest downrange
superlativefarthest downrange

Origin of downrange

From down + range.

Questions about downrange

What does downrange mean?
Downrange means in the horizontal direction away from the launch site of a rocket or projectile in the direction of its travel.
What part of speech is downrange?
Downrange can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near downrange in the dictionary

  1. downpressor
  2. downpressors
  3. downpressure
  4. downpressures
  5. downputting
  6. downrange
  7. downrank
  8. downranked
  9. downranking
  10. downranks
  11. downrate

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