Definition of Ballistic

Bal`lis´tic
go ballistic.
a.1.Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of hurling stones or missile weapons by means of an engine.
2.Pertaining to ballistics{2}, or to a projectile in a gravitational field.
3.frenzied; very angry; - used mostly in the phrase
Ballistic pendulum
an instrument consisting of a mass of wood or other material suspended as a pendulum, for measuring the force and velocity of projectiles by means of the arc through which their impact impels it.


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ballistic trajectory, ballistics

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