ballistics

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bəˈlɪst.ɪks/

Noun

ballistics (uncountable)

(physics) The science of objects that predominantly fly under the effects of gravity, momentum and atmospheric drag, and dealing with details of their behaviour at the origin and destination of their flight, as of bullets or missiles or rockets.

Derived terms

Ballistic conduction
ballistic fingerprinting
external ballistics
internal ballistics
terminal ballistics
transition ballistics

Translations

science of the study of falling objects

Albanian: balistikë (sq)
Bulgarian: балистика (balistika)
Catalan: balística (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 彈道學 (zh), 弹道学 (zh) (dàndàoxué)
Czech: balistika
Esperanto: balistiko
Finnish: ballistiikka (fi)
French: balistique (fr) f
German: Ballistik (de) f
Ido: balistiko (io)

Irish: balaistíocht f
Italian: balistica (it) f
Japanese: 弾道学 (だんどうがく, dandōgaku)
Khmer: ខិត្តវិទ្យា (kʰətta’ vityie)
Polish: balistyka (pl) f
Portuguese: balística f
Russian: балли́стика (ru) f (ballístika)
Serbo-Croatian: balistika (sh) f, балистика f
Spanish: balística (es) f
Swedish: ballistik (sv) c
Tagalog: balistika

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