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Ballistic adj.

Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of hurling stones or missile weapons by means of an engine.

Pertaining to ballistics (2), or to a projectile in a gravitational field.

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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Etymology of 'Ballistic'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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