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maximum ordinate

Term · Defense and military · MLC-T-DEF-001046

In artillery and naval gunfire support, the height of the highest point in the trajectory of a projectile above the horizontal plane passing through its origin.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-DEF-001046
FieldDefense and military
Synonymsvertex height
ReferencesJP 3-09.3
Record as JSON 
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  "field": "Defense and military",
  "definition": "In artillery and naval gunfire support, the height of the highest point in the trajectory of a projectile above the horizontal plane passing through its origin.",
  "synonyms": [
    "vertex height"
  ],
  "references": [
    "JP 3-09.3"
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}

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