Ballistics

noun

/bəˈlɪst.ɪks/

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.nounThe 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.

Synonyms

ballistic trajectory slugs missile balls bullets shells bales missiles barology aerodynamics ballistocardiography astrodynamics

Rhymes With

characteristics linguistics statistics heuristics criminalistics logistics historical linguistics descriptive linguistics

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