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noun
An electromagnetic gun that uses a large electrical current to propel a projectile down a track of two parallel conductive rails.
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noun
A railway gun.
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noun
A benchrest rifle.
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History
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.
Across languages
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