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muzzle velocities

muzzle velocities is the plural of muzzle velocity.

Meaning of muzzle velocity

Noun

muzzle velocity (plural muzzle velocities)

  1. The velocity of a discharged projectile at the muzzle of a firearm.
    • The decision about ammunition turned on the detailed specifications, known as the “technical data package,” that the Army drew up when it converted the rifle into the M-16. The data package included the requirements that the muzzle velocity of the rifle must average 3,250 feet per second (fps)...1981 June, James Fallows, “M-16: A Bureaucratic Horror Story”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN

Questions about muzzle velocities

What is muzzle velocities the plural of?
Muzzle velocities is the plural of muzzle velocity.

Words near muzzle velocities in the dictionary

  1. muzzle energy
  2. muzzle sweep
  3. muzzle sweeping
  4. muzzle sweeps
  5. muzzle swept
  6. muzzle velocities
  7. muzzle velocity
  8. muzzle-bag
  9. muzzle-bags
  10. muzzle-loader
  11. muzzle-loaders

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