Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vickers-maxim automatic machine gun

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.90 in modern English

Syllables: vick-er-s--max-im au-to-mat-ic -ma-chine -gun
IPA

63

Scrabble Score

31

Letters

12

Syllables

16

Unique Chars

Meaning

An automatic machine gun in which the mechanism is worked by the recoil, assisted by the pressure of gases from the muzzle, which expand in a gas chamber against a disk attached to the end of the barrel, thus moving the latter to the rear with increased recoil, and against the front wall of the gas chamber, checking the recoil of the system.

Questions

What does vickers-maxim automatic machine gun mean?: An automatic machine gun in which the mechanism is worked by the recoil, assisted by the pressure of gases from the muzzle, which expand in a gas chamber against a disk attached to the end of the barrel, thus moving the latter to the rear with increased recoil, and against the front wall of the gas chamber, checking the recoil of the system.

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