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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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"Ballistic" Quotes from Famous Books

... as his exorbitant demands were made known, the government refused to receive his communication. Besides, it so happened that the military authorities were just then absorbed by the construction of a new ballistic engine, and imagined they could afford to ignore that ...

— Facing the Flag • Jules Verne

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