launcher
nounUK /ˈlɔːntʃ.ə/ · US /ˈlɑnt͡ʃ.ɚ/
Etymology From launch + -er.
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One who or that which launches. A device that throws something or the person who initiates a launch.
- The catapult made a good launcher for the small projectile.
- They shot down the helicopter with a rocket launcher.
1 more example
- This actually occurs in perception of non-colliding Michotte displays: Even though there is a gap between the launcher stopping and the launchee starting, the launchee's motion appears to have been caused, at a distance, by the approach of the launcher […]2015, H. Clark Barrett, The Shape of Thought: How Mental Adaptations Evolve, page 110:
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences An application that launches another or others, often holding icons or menus for frequently used programs.
- Derived terms
- custard launcher, grenade launcher, pig launcher, rocket launcher