Ricochet meaning, ricochet definition English Cobuild dictionary. ( ricochets plural & 3rd person present) ( ricocheting present participle) ( ricocheted past tense & past participle ) When a bullet ricochets, it hits a surface and bounces away from it. The bullets ricocheted off the bonnet and windscreen. 1769, from ricochet (v.) or French ricochet 'the skipping of a shot or of a flat stone on water,' but in earliest French use (15c.) 'verbal to-and-fro,' and only in the phrase fable du ricochet, an entertainment in which the teller of a tale skillfully evades questions, and chanson du ricochet, a kind of repetitious song; of uncertain origin.
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Henceforward I could only learn, as it were, by ricochet what was going on.The similarity of this bullet to that seen in the ricochet in fig. 32 was exact.Effect of ricochet in the production of severe forms of injury.Perhaps he had mistaken it for the ricochet of a round shot.So I tache, as they say at musketry-instruction, by direct and ricochet fire.But there has been an accident, a ricochet off one of those rocks.The nose of the bullet is slightly deformed by ricochet at long range.The missile was deformed by ricochet before striking the bone.No, my lud,” said Mr. Ricochet, “that was never alleged or suggested.They ricochet off the ground for a good distance after the first graze.
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The first high-speed wireless Internet service for commuters in the U.S. Originally developed by Metricom, Inc. And launched in 1994 at 28.8 Kbps, its speed reached a minimum of 128 Kbps in 1999.
However, with some 50,000 customers in 17 cities, Metricom closed its doors in 2001. Its assets were acquired by Aerie Networks and turned into Ricochet Networks with service restored in Denver and San Diego in 2002. A year later, Ricochet was acquired by EDL Holdings, and once again in 2004 by YDI Wireless, which later became Proxim Wireless Corporation.
In 2008, Ricochet was shut down.A MicroCellular Data Network (MCDN)Ricochet used approximately 100 small 'microcell' radio transceivers attached to utility poles within a 20-square mile cell. Each cell had one wired access point with a frame relay connection to the Internet. Ricochet modems attached to laptops via the serial port.
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