Source: The 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.
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2. Pertaining to ballistics[2], or to a projectile in a
gravitational field.
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3. frenzied; very angry; -- used mostly in the phrase
go ballistic. [Colloq.]
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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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