- of or connected with ballistics
- of the motion and force of projectiles
Origin of ballistic
from ballistaballistic Idioms
go ballistic
Slang to react with an outburst of uncontrolled anger
adjective
- The definition of ballistic is something that has to do with ammunition, bombs, shells or other projectiles.
An example of something that can be described as ballistic is a training in usage of ammunition.
- To go ballistic is to get angry and lose your temper.
An example of someone going ballistic is a parent whose child repeatedly defied her rules.
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ballistic
adjective
- a. Of or relating to the study of the dynamics of projectiles.b. Of or relating to the study of the internal action of firearms.
- Of or relating to projectiles, their motion, or their effects.
Origin of ballistic
From ballistaRelated Forms:
- bal·lis′ti·cal·ly
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Adjective
(comparative more ballistic, superlative most ballistic)
- (not comparable) Or relating to ballistics.
- (comparable) Or relating to projectiles moving under their own momentum, air drag, gravity and sometimes rocket power
- (comparable, slang) Very angry.
- When he heard him lie about it, he went ballistic.
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Sentence Examples
- The following exercises will show the application of the ballistic table.
- Of course her father went ballistic when he found out she was pregnant and tried to find Josh, but he didn't have any luck.
- The primary coil carried the magnetizing current; the secondary, which was wound inside the other, could be connected either with a ballistic galvanometer for determining the induction, or with a Wheatstone's bridge for measuring the resistance, whence the temperature was calculated.
- These functions, T, S, D, 1, A, are shown numerically in the following extract from an abridged ballistic table, in which the velocity is taken as the argument and proceeds by an increment of 10 f/s; the column for p is the one determined by experiment, and the remaining columns follow by calculation in the manner explained above.
- - The so-called " ballistic " method of measuring induction is based upon the fact that a change of the induction through a closed linear conductor sets up in the conductor an electromotive force which is proportional to the rate of change.
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