คำว่า ' missile ' ( N )
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คำนิยามในภาษาอังกฤษ (definition) :
[a.] Capable of being thrown; adapted for hurling or to be projected from the hand, or from any instrument or rngine, so as to strike an object at a distance.
[n.] A weapon thrown or projected or intended to be projcted, as a lance, an arrow, or a bullet.