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BALLISTICS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The science of flight dynamics
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("ballistics" is a kind of...):
dynamics; kinetics (the branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies)
Derivation:
ballistic (relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The trajectory of an object in free flight
Synonyms:
ballistic trajectory; ballistics
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("ballistics" is a kind of...):
flight; trajectory (the path followed by an object moving through space)
Derivation:
ballistic (relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity)
