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BALLISTICS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ballistics mean?
• BALLISTICS (noun)
The noun BALLISTICS has 2 senses:
1. the trajectory of an object in free flight
2. the science of flight dynamics
Familiarity information: BALLISTICS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The trajectory of an object in free flight
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
ballistic trajectory; ballistics
Hypernyms ("ballistics" is a kind of...):
flight; trajectory (the path followed by an object moving through space)
Derivation:
ballistic (relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The science of flight dynamics
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("ballistics" is a kind of...):
dynamics; kinetics (the branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies)
Derivation:
ballistic (relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity)
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