ballistic pendulum

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ballistic pendulum - a physical pendulum consisting of a large mass suspended from a rod; when it is struck by a projectile its displacement is used to measure the projectile's velocity

gun pendulum - a ballistic pendulum consisting of a suspended gun; the velocity of a projectile in the bore of a gun can be measured by the recoil when the gun is discharged

compound pendulum, physical pendulum - pendulum consisting of an actual object allowed to rotate freely around a horizontal axis

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