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ballistic
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bal·lis·tic  (b-lstk)
adj.
1.
a. Of or relating to the study of the dynamics of projectiles.
b. Of or relating to the study of the internal action of firearms.
2. Of or relating to projectiles, their motion, or their effects.
Idiom:
go ballistic Slang
To become very angry or irrational.

[From ballista.]

bal·listi·cal·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.ballistic - relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity; "ballistic missile"
Translations
ballistic [bəˈlɪstɪk] adjbalístico;
intercontinental ballistic missile → misil m balístico intercontinental
ballistic [bəˈlɪstɪk] adjbalistique
ballistic [bəˈlɪstɪk] adjballistisch
ballistic [bəˈlɪstɪk] adjbalistico/a


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It can be fired from all current and future smooth-bore 120-mm mortar weapons and flies ballistically to its search area.
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That's because most researchers studying those gases use such perfect crystals that electrons move ballistically, that is, they travel extraordinary distances--tens to hundreds of micrometers--before colliding with one another or with atoms in the material.
 
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