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Ballistic   Listen
adjective
Ballistic  adj.  
1.
Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of hurling stones or missile weapons by means of an engine.
2.
Pertaining to ballistics (2), or to a projectile in a gravitational field.
3.
Frenzied; very angry; used mostly in the phrase go ballistic. (Colloq.)
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" Quotes from Famous Books



... Russia, South Korea, and the US have participated in the Six-Party Talks aimed at resolving the stalemate over the DPRK's nuclear programs. North Korea pulled out of the talks in November 2005. It test-fired ballistic missiles in July 2006 and conducted a nuclear test in October 2006. North Korea returned to the Six-Party Talks in December 2006 and subsequently signed two agreements on denuclearization. The 13 ...
— The 2008 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.


Words linked to "Ballistic" :   fleet ballistic missile submarine, ballistics, ballistic fingerprinting, ballistic trajectory, ballistic pendulum, ballistic missile, ballistic identification


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