line of impact


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line of impact

[′līn əv ′im‚pakt]
(mechanics)
A line tangent to the trajectory of a missile at the point of impact.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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