launchee

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

launch +‎ -ee

Noun[edit]

launchee (plural launchees)

  1. That which is launched.
    • 2015, H. Clark Barrett, The Shape of Thought: How Mental Adaptations Evolve, page 110:
      This actually occurs in perception of non-colliding Michotte displays: Even though there is a gap between the launcher stopping and the launchee starting, the launchee's motion appears to have been caused, at a distance, by the approach of the launcher […]
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