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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



... complain about this assignment is that I volunteered for it. And I've been kicking myself ever since. When I heard about the Rocket Interceptors, I was really excited. Imagine a plane fast enough to catch up with an invading ballistic missile and shoot it down. I decided this was for me, and jumped at the assignment. They sounded like the hot fighter planes to end all hot fighter planes. And what do I find? They're so expensive to fly that we don't get any training missions. I've been up in one just once, and that ...
— Pushbutton War • Joseph P. Martino


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