downrange
advEtymology From down + range.
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Usually In the horizontal direction away from the launch site of a rocket or projectile in the direction of its travel.
- Luckily, the sheer rate of fire that the 5-inch guns allowed for was fast enough that a few salvos of regular shells were sent downrange quickly as a followup before the two racing ships passed by each other and vanished into the murk.2021 March 10, Drachinifel, 14:21 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN), archived from the original on 17 Oct 2022:
- Related terms
- crossrange, uprange