Ballistic trajectory
the path of an unpowered object, as a missile, moving only under the influence of gravity and possibly atmospheric friction and with its surface providing no significant lift to alter the course of flight.
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a single wind vector that would have the same net effect on the trajectory of a projectile as the varying winds encountered in flight.
- Ballistically
of or relating to ballistics. having its motion determined or describable by the laws of exterior ballistics. go ballistic, informal. to become overwrought or irrational: went ballistic over the idea of a tax hike. historical examples rearmament of our cavalry with a 6-millimetre carbine, ballistically equal in all respects to the rifle of the infantry. […]
- Ballistics
the science or study of the motion of projectiles, as bullets, sh-lls, or bombs. the art or science of designing projectiles for maximum flight performance. contemporary examples he admitted in court that he was not a pathologist, and that he did not have any formal training in ballistics or sound. disastrous turn by star witness […]
- Ballistite
a smokeless powder consisting of nitroglycerine and cellulose nitrate chiefly in a 40 to 60 percent ratio: used as a solid fuel for rockets. historical examples ballist-te: equal parts of nitroglycerine and soluble nitrocotton with some mineral jelly. the new gresham encyclopedia various it was in the beginning of 1888 that he invented his well-known […]
- Ballistocardiogram
the graphic record produced by a ballistocardiograph. ballistocardiogram bal·lis·to·car·di·o·gram (bə-lĭs’tō-kär’dē-ə-grām’) n. abbr. bcg a recording of the body’s recoil as measured by a ballistocardiograph.