"recoilless" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: En-us-recoilless.oga Forms: more recoilless [comparative], most recoilless [superlative]
Etymology: From recoil + -less. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|recoil|less}} recoil + -less Head templates: {{en-adj}} recoilless (comparative more recoilless, superlative most recoilless)
  1. Lacking recoil. Generally referring to a weapon so designed as to fire a projectile without causing a powerful, destructive backward "kick" or recoil in reaction. The objective of the design is to permit a very light cannon to deliver a relatively large projectile. Derived forms: recoilless rifle Translations (Translations): rekyylitön (Finnish), rückstoßfrei (German), rückstoßlos [rare] (German), bezodrzutowy (Polish), fără recul (Romanian), rekylfri (Swedish)
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