noun · uncountable · rare

ballistics

балістика

баллистика

Ballistik

The science of objects that predominantly fly under the effects of gravity, momentum…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.

/bəˈlɪst.ɪks/

» Have you seen the results of the ballistics test?

Meaning

1 senses

(uncountable)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.
Ballistik
балли́стикаballístika
балі́стикаbalístyka

More definitions

the science of flight dynamics
the trajectory of an object in free flight

Examples

2 sentences

Have you seen the results of the ballistics test?
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According to the ballistics report, this gun can't be the murder weapon.
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