"launcher" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈlɔːntʃ.ə/ [UK], /ˈlɑnt͡ʃ.ɚ/ [US], /ˈlɔnt͡ʃ.ɚ/ [US] Forms: launchers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːntʃə(ɹ) Etymology: launch + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|launch|er}} launch + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} launcher (plural launchers)
  1. One who or that which launches. A device that throws something or the person who initiates a launch. Translations (a device that throws something): ĵetilo (Esperanto), laukaisin (Finnish), heitin (Finnish), Abschussgerät [neuter] (German), προωθητής (proothitís) [masculine] (Greek), εκτοξευτής (ektoxeftís) [masculine] (Greek), pelancar (Malay), wyrzutnia [feminine] (Polish), lançador (Portuguese), lansator [neuter] (Romanian), гранатомёт (granatomjót) [masculine] (Russian), гранатоме́т (hranatomét) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-launcher-en-noun-5zg8A-rU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 58 42 Disambiguation of 'a device that throws something': 99 1
  2. (computing) An application that launches another or others, often holding icons or menus for frequently used programs. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (computing: an application that launches another or others): lanceur [masculine] (French), iniciador [masculine] (Portuguese), inicializador [masculine] (Portuguese), iniciador [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-launcher-en-noun-8DZqrjqN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: an application that launches another or others': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: custard launcher, grenade launcher, rocket launcher

Inflected forms

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