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Ballistic   /bəlˈɪstɪk/   Listen
adjective
Ballistic  adj.  
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 go ballistic. (Colloq.)
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" Quotes from Famous Books



... original pendulum was of very massive construction, the arc through which it receded when impinged on by the projectile, taking into account their respective weights, afforded, with considerable calculation, a measure of the velocity of impact. Latterly the electro-ballistic pendulum, which by means of electric currents is made to register with very great accuracy the time occupied by the projectile in passing over a measured space, has superseded it, as being more accurate, less cumbrous, and less laborious ...
— The Sailor's Word-Book • William Henry Smyth


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