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BALLISTIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ballistic mean?
• BALLISTIC (adjective)
The adjective BALLISTIC has 1 sense:
1. relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity
Familiarity information: BALLISTIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
ballistic missile
Pertainym:
ballistics (the trajectory of an object in free flight)
Derivation:
ballistics (the science of flight dynamics)
ballistics (the trajectory of an object in free flight)
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