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VERTEX TRAJECTORY [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
  • Ballistics
DEF

Highest point to which a projectile rises above the line of sight during its trajectory.

OBS

It occurs a little beyond half the distance which a projectile travels.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
  • Balistique
DEF

Point le plus élevé de la trajectoire d'un projectile au-dessus de la ligne de site/ligne de visée.

OBS

Il est situé à un peu plus de la moitié de la trajectoire.

OBS

point culminant; sommet de la trajectoire : termes et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.

Spanish

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