gun
device designed to propel a projectile using pressure or explosive force
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Summary
gun is a weapon type[1]. gun draws 6,937 Wikipedia views per month (weapon type category, ranking #101 of 694).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: appliance[3]
- Opposite of: cold weapon[4]
- Topic's main category: Category:Guns[5]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[6], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[7]
- Partially coincident with: projectile weapon[8]
- Different from: Gun[9], firearm[10], projectile weapon[11]
- Uses: compressed fluid[12], projectile[13], muzzle[14]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Firearms[15], WikiProject Weaponry[16], Military science, technology, and theory task force[17], WikiProject Military history[18], Asian military history task force[19], Chinese military history task force[20], WikiProject Technology[21]
Why It Matters
gun has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] gun is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]