🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

가틀링

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Gateulling

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Gatling/ˈɡæt.lɪŋ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15000 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"가틀링 총은 전쟁의 판도를 바꿨습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A type of early machine gun that uses a rotating barrel and multiple firing mechanisms.

    "The Gatling gun was a revolutionary weapon during the American Civil War."
  2. 2

    Any device or mechanism that operates in a rapid, repetitive manner.

    "The new printer operates like a Gatling, producing pages at an impressive speed."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'Gatling' originates from the name of Richard Gatling, an American inventor who developed the Gatling gun in the 1860s. The word has evolved to refer not only to the gun itself but also to various contexts involving rapid-fire mechanisms or processes.

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