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Gun

A gun is a device that propels a projectile using pressure or explosive force. The projectiles are typically solid, but can also be pressurized liquid (e.g. in water guns or cannons), or gas (e.g. light-gas gun). Solid projectiles may be free-flying (as with bullets and artillery shells) or tethered (as with Tasers, spearguns and harpoon guns). A…

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Gun

Nodes215
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Triples128
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009302
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related to Spread · 18
Gun → Another, By, Calais, Cividale, Early, English, English Privy Wardrobe, Europe, France, Friuli, German, Hasan, Middle East, Mongol, One, Rammah, Silk Road, The
related to Etymology and terminology · 16
Gun → Artillerymen, Domina Gunilda, Dutch, English, Gunna, Gunnhildr, Gunnildr, Hand, Italian, Latin, Norse, Old Norse, Other, The, This, Windsor Castle
related to Arquebus and musket · 13
Gun → Although, At, Before, Europe, German, Habsburg, Hackenbüchse, In, It, Its, Ottoman Empire, The, Y-shaped
related to Transition to true guns · 13
Gun → And, China, Earlier, Fire, Guns, Heilongjiang, Over, Surviving, The, To, With, Xanadu Gun, Yuan
related to Proto-gun · 9
Gun → By, China, De'an, Gunpowder, It, Joseph Needham, The, There, This
related to Barrel · 7
Gun → Barrel, Bore, British, English, Some, The, Typically
related to Definition · 6
Gun → According, Firearms, Global History, Gunpowder, Kenneth Chase, Merriam-Webster
related to Operating principle · 5
Gun → As, In, Most, The, This
related to Transition to classic guns · 5
Gun → Guns, The, Their, They, This
related to Machine guns · 4
Gun → Automatic WeaponInfantry Automatic RifleMedium, Gatling, RibauldequinNordenfelt, StormVolley

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gunpowder guns cannons barrel century used projectile cannon firearm first hand fire firearms also use may arquebus weapons projectiles musket

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Gunis adevice that propels a projectile using pressure or explosive force0.90text
the Heilongjiang hand cannon of 1288 or the vase shaped European cannon of 1326.Classic gunHistorians consider firearms to have reached the form of ainstance ofhistorians have applied it to the earliest firearms0.80text
the Heilongjiang hand cannon of 1288 or the vase shaped European cannon of 1326instance ofhistorians have applied it to the earliest firearms0.80text
pieces of shrapnel like porcelain shards or small iron pellets were added to the tube so that they would be blown out with the gunpowderinstance ofingredients0.80text
the hand cannon were being used in the Yuan dynasty by the 1280sinstance ofThe metal barrel fire lances began to be used without the lance and became guns by the late 13th century.Guns0.80text
the Heilongjiang hand cannoninstance ofSurviving cannons0.80text
the Xanadu Gun have been found dating to the late 13th centuryinstance ofSurviving cannons0.80text
possibly earlier in the early 13th century.In 1287instance ofSurviving cannons0.80text
the Yuan dynasty deployed Jurchen troops with hand cannons to put down a rebellion by the Mongol prince Nayaninstance ofSurviving cannons0.80text
gunpowder corninginstance ofand were deadlier due to developments0.80text
iron shot.Modern gunsSeveral developments in the 19th century led to the development of modern guns.In 1815instance ofand were deadlier due to developments0.80text
Joshua Shaw invented percussion capsinstance ofand were deadlier due to developments0.80text

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