Cannon vs False - What's the difference?
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A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar. It may include muzzle appendages.(JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms).
A bone of a horse's leg, between the fetlock joint and the knee or hock.
(historical) A large muzzle-loading artillery piece.
(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A carom.
(baseball, figuratively, informal) The arm of a player that can throw well.
(engineering) A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.
(printing) (a large size of type)
To bombard with cannons
(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To play the carom billiard shot. To strike two balls with the cue ball
To fire something, especially spherical, rapidly.
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Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552â1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a proper noun cannon
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(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.cannon
English
Noun
(en-noun)- In English billiards, a cannon is when one's cue ball strikes the other player's cue ball and the red ball on the same shot; and it is worth two points.
- He's got a cannon out in right.
Usage notes
The unchanged plural is preferred in Great Britain and Ireland, while North Americans and Australians tend to use the regular plural cannons . On aircraft, autocannons are sometimes called "cannons" for short.Verb
(en verb)- The white cannoned off the red onto the pink.
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Adjective
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