English
Etymology
From guided + missile.
Noun
guided missile (plural guided missiles)
- An unmanned, self-propelled vehicle that travels through the air to deliver a warhead to a predetermined point, keeping itself on course by making corrections via its control surfaces.
1957, Sydney J. Bounds, The Robot Brains, London: Digit Books, page 35:Lawrence was a rocket man, working on guided missiles.
Derived terms
- (abbreviation) G
- (adjective) guided-missile
- guided-missile battlecruiser
- guided-missile battleship
- guided-missile corvette
- guided-missile cruiser, CG, CGN
- guided-missile destroyer, DDG. DG
- guided-missile frigate, FFG, FG
- guided-missile ship
- guided-missile submarine, SSG, SSGN
Translations
unmanned, self-propelled vehicle that travels through the air
- Armenian: կառավարելի հրթիռ (kaṙavareli hrtʻiṙ)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 導彈 / 导弹 (zh) (dǎodàn), 導向飛彈 / 导向飞弹 (zh) (dǎoxiàng fēidàn)
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- Finnish: ohjus (fi)
- German: Lenkflugkörper (de) m
- Hungarian: irányított rakéta
- Indonesian: peluru kendali (id), rudal berpemandu
- Khmer: កាំជ្រួចផ្លោងបញ្ជាទិស (kamcruəc plaoŋ bɑɲcie tɨh)
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- Polish: pocisk kierowany m
- Romanian: rachetă ghidată f
- Russian: управля́емая раке́та (ru) (upravljájemaja rakéta)
- Slovak: please add this translation if you can
- Swedish: styrd missil c, robot (sv) c
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