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cannelure
[ kan-l-oor ]
noun
- a groove or fluting around the cylindrical part of a bullet.
- any groove or fluting on a cylinderlike object.
cannelure
/ ˈæəˌʊə /
noun
- a groove or fluting, esp one around the cylindrical part of a bullet
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ·Ա·ܰ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cannelure1
First recorded in 1750–60; from French cannelure, from Middle French cannelature, from Italian cannellatura, probably from cannella “small tube, cinnamon,” from Medieval Latin canella; cane ( def )
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cannelure1
C18: from French, ultimately from Latin canal
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Cannelure, kan′e-lūr, n. a groove or a fluting: a groove round the cylindrical part of a bullet.
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The "two gun" advocates had relied heavily upon the 1970 findings of Pasadena Criminologist William W. Harper; using a Balliscan, a specialized camera used to photograph a cylindrical object rotated in front of it, he decided that the recovered Kennedy bullet had only one cannelure�a groove imprinted by the manufacturer � while the others had two concentric grooves.
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