2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to ballistics[2], or to a projectile in a gravitational field. [1913 Webster +PJC] 3. frenzied; very angry; -- used mostly in the phrase {go ballistic}. [Colloq.] [PJC] {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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: ballistic adj : relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity; "ballistic missile"
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