ballistic

2 definitions found

ballistic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ballistic \Bal*lis"tic\, a.
     1. Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of hurling
        stones or missile weapons by means of an engine.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Pertaining to ballistics[2], or to a projectile in a
        gravitational field.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     3. frenzied; very angry; -- used mostly in the phrase
  
     go ballistic. [Colloq.]
        [PJC]
  
     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 - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ballistic
      adj 1: relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects
             moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity;
             "ballistic missile"