ballistics
/bəˈlɪst.ɪks/
ballistics noun: 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.
Noun
ballistics (uncountable)
- 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.
ballistics meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
ballistics in Hindi
- science of the study of falling objects
- प्राक्षेपिकी prākṣepikī
ballistics in Tamil
- எறியியல்
ballistics in Malayalam
- വിക്ഷേപണശാസ്ത്രം
ballistics in Kannada
- ಗುಂಡೆಸೆಯರಿಮೆ, ಚಿಮ್ಮು ಚಲನ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ
More languagesFewer languages
- ballistics in Tagalog
- balistika
- ballistics in Persian
- بالستیک bâlestik
- ballistics in Thai
- วิถีศาสตร์ wí-tǐi-sàat
Origin of ballistics
From ballista + -ics. By surface analysis, ballistic + -s.
Words formed from ballistics
- aeroballistics
- astroballistics
- ballistic conduction
- ballistic fingerprinting
- bioballistics
- biolistics
- electroballistics
- external ballistics
- internal ballistics
- microballistics
- terminal ballistics
- transition ballistics
Questions about ballistics
- What does ballistics mean?
- Ballistics means 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.
- What is ballistics in Hindi?
- Ballistics in Hindi is प्राक्षेपिकी (prākṣepikī). See Ballistics meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ballistics?
- Ballistics is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ballistics?
- Ballistics is pronounced /bəˈlɪst.ɪks/.
Words near ballistics in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ballistics (page history and authors); ballistics (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ballistics (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ballistics (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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