railgun
noun/ˈɹeɪl.ɡʌn/ · /ˈɹeɪ.jəl.ɡʌn/
Etymology From rail + gun. * (railway gun): From being a gun mounted on a rail car, and being railroad-mobile. * (EM gun): From being a projectile ejecting device with a pair of electric conducting rails that a launch sled runs along, which shoots the projectile.
1
An electromagnetic gun that uses a large electrical current to propel a projectile down a track of two parallel conductive rails.
2
A railway gun.
3
A benchrest rifle.
- Related terms
- coilgun, electric gun