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    A cannon is a large-caliber gun classified as a type of artillery, which usually launches a projectile using explosive chemical propellant. Gunpowder ("black powder") was the primary propellant before the invention of smokeless powder during the late 19th century.

  2. 1. plural usually cannon. a. : a large, heavy gun usually mounted on a carriage. b. : a heavy-caliber automatic aircraft gun firing explosive shells. c. : any device for propelling a substance or object at high speeds. an air cannon. a T-shirt cannon. see also water cannon. 2. or canon : the projecting part of a bell by which it is hung : ear. 3.

  3. Cannon, big gun, howitzer, or mortar, as distinguished from a musket, rifle, or other small arm. Modern cannon are complex mechanisms cast from high-grade steel and machined to exacting tolerances. They characteristically have rifled bores, though some contemporary tank-mounted and field artillery.

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  4. MADE IN MINNESOTA. TRUSTED EVERYWHERE. As the leader in control-depth fishing, Cannon offers a variety of downriggers, rod holders and accessories with exceptional quality, and versatility.

  5. verb. uk / ˈkæn.ən / us / ˈkæn.ən / [ I usually + adv/prep ] mainly UK. to knock or hit against someone or something forcefully and suddenly, usually at an angle: I was rushing along the corridor when I cannoned into someone coming out of a side door. [ I usually + adv/prep ] UK (US carom)

  6. The history of cannons spans several hundred years from the 12th century to modern times. The cannon first appeared in China sometime during the 12th and 13th centuries. It was most likely developed in parallel or as an evolution of an earlier gunpowder weapon called the fire lance.

  7. A cannon is a large gun that fires heavy metal shells or other projectiles. Originally it was attached to wheels and pulled by men. More recently, cannon refers to the largest gun on a tank or the automatic guns on a plane. All cannons, however old they are, have basically the same shape — a long, thick tube. Not surprising, then, that the ...

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