ballistically
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8.5
- adverb
- /bəˈlɪstɪkli/
- Specialized
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balísticamente
- To probe the momentum distribution of scattered atoms, the experimenters turned off the magnetic trap just after the light pulse and imaged the ballistically expanding cloud after a 20 ms time of flight.
- ballistically expanded
- move ballistically
Examples
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Hence, when the trap is removed, the condensate expands ballistically.
Academic text (1999) -
In general, electrons travel ballistically and therefore move faster in a vacuum than in a solid.
Academic text (1997) -
And the 399 matched ballistically to that gun.
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After the cloud has ballistically expanded, yet another laser beam (pink arrow) projects the vortices onto an absorption image.
Academic text (2005) -
Ammo is fairly common and ballistically similar to the 30-30 WCF, making it usable at hunting-type distances.
Blog text (26) -
It is a characteristic edge-magnetoplasmon-like excitation of a diatomic quantum dot molecule, with charge moving ballistically back and forth through the narrow constriction between two adjacent dots.
Academic text (1994) -
So far, only the first symmetry class has been applied experimentally for particle separation (n13), but the second has been realized for ratcheting electrons that move ballistically through a maze of antidots.
Academic text (2002) -
The cannonball was launched ballistically, following a precise arc toward its target.
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The missile flew ballistically, relying on gravity after its initial thrust to reach the designated area.
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In physics class, we learned that objects move ballistically when they are in free fall after being projected.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ballistically comes from a Greek root ball- that means 'to throw' and from the old word for an ancient weapon ballista that threw stones. So when something moves ballistically, it moves like a thrown or fired object following its own path through the air.