launchee

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noun

That which is launched.

Scrabble 13
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Meanings

nounlaunchee (plural launchees)

plural launchees

  1. That which is launched.

    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 […]

    2015, H. Clark Barrett, The Shape of Thought: How Mental Adaptations Evolve, page 110

Origin

From launch + -ee.

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APA

launchee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/launchee

MLA

“launchee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/launchee. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “launchee,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/launchee.

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