ballistics
noun/bəˈlɪst.ɪks/
Etymology From ballista + -ics. By surface analysis, ballistic + -s.
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Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics The science of objects that predominantly fly under the effects of gravity, momentum and atmospheric drag, and dealing with details of their behaviour at the origin and destination of their flight, as of bullets or missiles or rockets.
- Derived terms
- aeroballistics, astroballistics, ballistic conduction, ballistic fingerprinting, bioballistics, biolistics, electroballistics, external ballistics, internal ballistics, microballistics, terminal ballistics, transition ballistics