What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Projectile vs Semiinfinite - What's the difference?

projectile | semiinfinite |

As adjectives the difference between projectile and semiinfinite

is that projectile is projecting or impelling forward while semiinfinite is involving a finite number of variables but an infinite number of constraints, or vice versa.

As a noun projectile

is an object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon.

projectile

English

Noun

(wikipedia projectile) (en noun)
  • an object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon.
  • (physics) any object propelled through space by the application of a force.

    • See also

    * missile * rocket

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Projecting or impelling forward.
    • a projectile''' force; a '''projectile weapon
  • Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled forward.
    • projectile motion
    (Arbuthnot)

    semiinfinite

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (mathematics, in optimization programming) Involving a finite number of variables but an infinite number of constraints, or vice versa.
  • (ballistics, of a target) Sufficiently thick that the level of penetration of a projectile is not affected by its thickness.

    • Derived terms

    * semiinfinitely

    Anagrams

    *