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Definition of Launcher
1. Noun. Armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket.
Generic synonyms: Armament
Specialized synonyms: Bazooka
Derivative terms: Launch
2. Noun. A device that launches aircraft from a warship.
Generic synonyms: Device
Derivative terms: Catapult, Catapultian, Catapultic, Launch
Definition of Launcher
1. Noun. That which or who launches. A device which throws something or the person who initiates a launch. ¹
2. Noun. application that holds icons or menus for frequently used programs ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Launcher
1. a launching device [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Launcher
Literary usage of Launcher
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Seven Firefights in Vietnam by John A. Cash (1985)
"INFANTRYMAN LOADING AN M79 GRENADE launcher something significant. The local Viet
Cong, operating in groups of five to twelve men, had been terrorizing ..."
2. Explorations Into the World of Lewis and Clark: 194 Essays from the Pages of by Robert A. Saindon (2003)
"... translated by many to mean "Boat-launcher."2 The basis for the "Hidatsa theory,"
which is almost universally accepted to- I. Robinson, Doane, pp. 82-84. ..."
3. Explorations Into the World of Lewis and Clark V-1 of 3 by Robert A. Saindon (2003)
"therefore being boat launcher." Wheeler. Olin D. (l).Vol. 1. p. 135. *See
biographical sketch on page 59. ..."
4. Pig Gathering System Pipelines by HDC Human Development Consultants, HDC Human Development Consultants Ltd. (2001)
"Each section of flow line which has a pig launcher at the upstream end must also
have a pig receiver ai the downstream end to catch pigs after they have ..."
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