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| ballistic | (adj) relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity, Example: ballistic missile |
| ballistic galvanometer | (n) a moving-coil galvanometer that measures electric charge |
| ballistic identification | (n) identification of the gun that fired a bullet from an analysis of the unique marks that every gun makes on the bullet it fires and on the shell ejected from it, Syn. ballistic fingerprinting, bullet fingerprinting |
| ballistic missile | (n) a missile that is guided in the first part of its flight but falls freely as it approaches target |
| ballistic missile defense organization | (n) an agency in the Department of Defense that is responsible for making ballistic missile defense a reality, Syn. BMDO |
| ballistic pendulum | (n) a physical pendulum consisting of a large mass suspended from a rod; when it is struck by a projectile its displacement is used to measure the projectile's velocity |
| ballistics | (n) the trajectory of an object in free flight, Syn. ballistic trajectory |
| ballistics | (n) the science of flight dynamics |
| ballistocardiogram | (n) a graphical recording made by a ballistocardiograph |
| ballistocardiograph | (n) a medical instrument that measures the mechanical force of cardiac contractions and the amount of blood passing through the heart during a specified period by measuring the recoil of the body as blood is pumped from the ventricles, Syn. cardiograph |
| Ballista | ‖n.; |
| Ballister | n. [ L. ballista. Cf. Balister. ] A crossbow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Ballistic | a.
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| ballistic missile | n. A rocket-propelled missile of long range which is guided only during the powered portion of its flight, which usually takes only a small part of the total flight time; -- contrasted with |
| Ballistics | n. [ Cf. F. balistique. See Ballista. ] The science or art of hurling missile weapons by the use of an engine. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Ballistite | n. [ See Ballista. ] (Chem.) A smokeless powder containing equal parts of soluble nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| Ballium | ‖n. [ LL. ] See Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Ballistik { f } | ballistics [Add to Longdo] |
| ballig | spherical [Add to Longdo] |
| ballistisch { adj } | ballistic [Add to Longdo] |
| ballistisch { adv } | ballistically [Add to Longdo] |