ballistic : Idioms & Phrases

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ballistic capsule

  • noun a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun
    spacecraft; space vehicle.
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ballistic fingerprinting

  • noun identification of the gun that fired a bullet from an analysis of the unique marks that every gun makes on the bullet it fires and on the shell ejected from it
    ballistic fingerprinting; bullet fingerprinting.
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ballistic galvanometer

  • noun a moving-coil galvanometer that measures electric charge
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ballistic identification

  • noun identification of the gun that fired a bullet from an analysis of the unique marks that every gun makes on the bullet it fires and on the shell ejected from it
    ballistic fingerprinting; bullet fingerprinting.
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ballistic missile

  • noun a missile that is guided in the first part of its flight but falls freely as it approaches target
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ballistic missile defense organization

  • noun an agency in the Department of Defense that is responsible for making ballistic missile defense a reality
    BMDO.
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Ballistic pendulum

  • noun 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
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  • an instrument consisting of a mass of wood or other material suspended as a pendulum, for measuring the force and velocity of projectiles by means of the arc through which their impact impels it.
Webster 1913

ballistic trajectory

  • noun the trajectory of an object in free flight
    ballistics.
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electro-ballistic

E*lec`tro-bal*lis"tic adjective
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  1. Pertaining to electro-ballistics.
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fleet ballistic missile submarine

  • noun a submarine carrying ballistic missiles
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go ballistic

  • verb get very angry and fly into a rage
    hit the roof; flip one's lid; have kittens; fly off the handle; flip one's wig; hit the ceiling; throw a fit; blow one's stack; lose one's temper; combust; blow up; blow a fuse; have a fit.
    • The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question
    • Spam makes me go ballistic
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intercontinental ballistic missile

  • noun a ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another
    ICBM.
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