railgun

railgun

See also: rail gun

English

Alternative forms

• rail gun

Etymology

From rail +‎ gun.

• (railway gun): From being a gun mounted on a rail car, and being railroad-mobile.
• (EM gun): From being a projectile ejecting device with a pair of electric conducting rails that a launch sled runs along, which shoots the projectile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪl.ɡʌn/, /ˈɹeɪ.jəl.ɡʌn/

Noun

railgun (plural railguns)

1. An electromagnetic gun that uses a large electrical current to propel a projectile down a track of two parallel conductive rails.
2. A railway gun.
3. A benchrest rifle.

Translations

electromagnetic gun

Chinese: Mandarin: 磁道炮 (cídàopào), 電磁炮／电磁炮 (zh) (diàncípào) Esperanto: elektromagneta kanono Finnish: raidetykki French: canon électrique (fr) m, railgun (fr) m German: Railgun f, Schienenkanone f Italian: Cannone a rotaia m Japanese: レールガン (ja) (rērugan) Portuguese: canhão elétrico m Russian: рельсотро́н (ru) m (relʹsotrón), ре́льсовая пу́шка f (rélʹsovaja púška) Spanish: arma de riel m, cañón de riel

railway gun — see railway gun

See also

• coilgun
• electric gun