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throw-weight

/ˈθrəʊ ˌweɪt/

Traduction: Terme technique désignant le poids de la charge utile qu'un missile peut transporter, à l'exclusion du poids du missile lui-même.

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C1formalcommontechnical/ˈθrəʊ ˌweɪt/

A technical noun referring to the weight of the payload that a missile can carry, excluding the weight of the rocket itself.

  • 🇫🇷Terme technique désignant le poids de la charge utile qu'un missile peut transporter, à l'exclusion du poids du missile lui-même.
  1. Missile payload capacity C2 formal technical

    The weight of the warhead or payload that a missile can carry, excluding the weight of the rocket itself.

    • The missile's throw-weight determines its destructive capability.
    • Engineers are working to increase the throw-weight of the new rocket.
    • Throw-weight is a critical factor in strategic weapons design.

    🇫🇷Masse de charge utile d'un missile

    Synonymes: payload

  • throw-weights plural form
  • throw-weights' possessive plural form
  • throw-weight's possessive singular form