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• rail gun

語源

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.

発音

• IPA: /ˈɹeɪl.ɡʌn/, /ˈɹeɪ.jəl.ɡʌn/, [ˈɹeɪɫ.ɡʌn], [ˈɹeɪ.jəɫ.ɡʌn]

名詞

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.

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