зенитный

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Russian

Etymology

From зени́т (zenít, zenith) +‎ -ный (-nyj).

The military sense refers to the fact that antiaircraft guns are designed to fire with a very high angle of elevation (“towards the zenith”).

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Adjective

зени́тный (zenítnyj)

  1. (relational) zenith; zenithal
  2. (military) antiaircraft / anti-aircraft, surface-to-air (of artillery or missiles: intended for surface-to-air fire)
    • 1973, Владимир Богомолов [Vladimir Bogomolov], “18. На фронтовом продскладе”, in В августе сорок четвёртого; English translation from In August of 1944, (Please provide a date or year):
      В пра́вом углу́, у и́згороди из колю́чей про́волоки, с вражде́бной насторо́женностью уста́вилось стволо́м в не́бо зени́тное ору́дие.
      V právom uglú, u ízgorodi iz koljúčej próvoloki, s vraždébnoj nastoróžennostʹju ustávilosʹ stvolóm v nébo zenítnoje orúdije.
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