ballistic
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7.6
- adjective
- /bəˈlɪstɪk/
- Specialized
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balístico
- They treated it as a ballistic vehicle.
- ballistic missiles
- ballistic motion
- ballistic missile defense
They treated it as a ballistic vehicle.
- They treated it as a ballistic vehicle.
- Here I'm playing psychologist pick sports with a lot of speed and ballistic motion involved.
- Kim Jong Un of North Korea was testing nuclear missiles, ballistic nuclear missiles aimed at the United States, testing nuclear weapons.
- That same month, the US starts deploying mid range ballistic missiles in Italy.
- They are working on ballistic missiles that will be intercontinental.
- In my scenario, I chose a rogue launch from a ballistic missile.
- He can send medium range ballistic missiles to Cuba and change the equation.
- I woke up to an Amber Alert saying there was a inbound ballistic missile headed to the island of Hawaii.
- And they're supposed to advise the US president about any ballistic missiles launched from North Korea or Russia or Iran.
- The path of normal ballistic missiles is easy to predict, so anti missile systems can target and destroy them.
- And Schwarzschild, because he was good at math, was given the task of calculating ballistic trajectories for the Germans fighting the Russians on the Eastern Front.
- If we need an intermediate range of ballistic ballistic missiles, we should develop deploy them.
- I have two trees at my house is lit up like an intercontinental ballistic missile of gay pride lights.
Examples
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The rocket followed a ballistic trajectory after it was launched into the atmosphere.
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So, we'll need ballistic plates.
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And so now the dynamics are just ballistic flight of the ball.
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Pretty sure all our ballistic gel has come off of it.
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During the late 1950s, the U.S. was focused on the development of ballistic missiles for its Cold War arsenal.
Academic text (2011) -
The regime has an impressive ballistic missile program for delivering weapons of mass destruction.
Academic text (2012) -
The Second Artillery is in charge of China's ballistic missile forces, which include both nuclear and conventional warheads.
Academic text (2013) -
The first observations of the ballistic motion of electrons were made in thin oxide films in MOSFETs.
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This morning, the first full-range firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, was conducted by the United States.
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The greatest expansion has taken place in China's arsenal of short-range ballistic missiles, which numbered about 1,200 by 2011.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
34
6.1
Showing movement or energy made by moving
1
7.1
Moving through the air because a force pushes it, not by its own power
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
45
5.1
A rocket that is powered and guided at first and then follows a path without power to its target
- Specialized
7
7.4
A long range rocket that can fly between continents and carry a nuclear bomb
- Specialized
1
6.3
A rocket that stops and destroys incoming long-range missiles before they reach their target
- Specialized
1
7.7
A way police use to find which gun fired a bullet by matching marks on bullets and casings
A part of the U.S. Department of Defense that develops and coordinates systems to stop long-range missiles
- Archaic
A small spacecraft that follows a curved path to carry people into space
- Archaic
A device that measures how much electric charge passes in a short burst of current
- Specialized
To find which gun fired a bullet by matching marks on the bullet and its case
- Archaic
A heavy object hanging from a rod that measures a bullet's speed when hit
- Specialized
A branch of foot care that improves how the foot moves when running for athletes
- Specialized
A curved path an object follows through the air after it is fired, like a bullet or shell
- Specialized
A large submarine that carries nuclear missiles to stop enemies from attacking a country
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ballistic comes from an old Greek verb ballein meaning 'to throw' and from the name ballista, a war machine that threw large stones and arrows. So ballistic describes the path and motion of something after it is thrown or launched, like a rocket or a bullet.