projicient

noun, adj — 2 senses

noun

Etymology From Latin prōiciō, from prō- (“from, in the place of; for”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”).

Obsolete Someone or something that launches a projectile.

The project separated from the projicient, continueth the motion by vertue impressed on it by the said projicient.1662: Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue Two)

adj

Etymology From Latin prōiciō, from prō- (“from, in the place of; for”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”).

Of or relating to projicience.

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