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shot¹

1. 

a. a single photograph

b. a series of frames on cine film concerned with a single event

c. a length of film taken by a single camera without breaks, used with others to build up a full motion picture or television film

2. Sport a heavy metal ball used in the shot put

3. globules of metal occurring in the body of a casting that are harder than the rest of the casting

4. a unit of chain length equal to 75 feet (Brit) or 90 feet (US)

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shot²

1. (of textiles) woven to give a changing colour effect

2. streaked with colour

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shot [shät]

(aerospace engineering)

An act or instance of firing a rocket, especially from the earth's surface.

(engineering)

A charge of some kind of explosive.

Small spherical particles of steel.

Small steel balls used as the cutting agent of a shot drill.

The firing of a blast.

In plastics molding, the yield from one complete molding cycle, including scrap.

(mining engineering)

Coal broken by blasting or other methods.

(ordnance)

A solid projectile for cannon, without a bursting charge; the term projectile is preferred for uniformity in nomenclature.

A mass or load of numerous, relatively small, lead pellets used in a shotgun, as birdshot or buckshot.