hypercannon

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noun

An extraordinarily powerful, superior cannon.

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Meanings

nounhypercannon (plural hypercannons)

plural hypercannons · alternative hyper-cannon

  1. rareengineeringAn extraordinarily powerful, superior cannon.

    "You'll have to use the hypercannon", the professor answered.

    1994, Dina Anastasio, Virtual Troopers: Virtual Reality Magician, Price Stern Sloan, →ISBN, page 136
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    Notice that this law also states that we cannot hope to achieve superluminal (faster than light) speeds with a hypercannon mounted on a relativistic spaceship.

    2005, John F. Hawley, Katherine A. Holcomb, Foundations of Modern Cosmology, OUP Oxford, →ISBN, page 193

    Once I realize what I am looking, I have some doubts that this hypercannon is going to be any use to us.

    2014, Cynthia Green, Scott Green, GunKnight, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, →ISBN, page 237

Origin

From hyper- + cannon.

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