ballistics
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- noun
- /bəˈlɪstɪks/
- Specialized
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balística
- The army relies on ballistics to analyze the trajectory of missiles during training exercises.
- firearm ballistics
We've gathered them from around the country in every part of forensics you need from Ballistics to DNA.
- We've gathered them from around the country in every part of forensics you need from Ballistics to DNA.
- Understanding Ballistics roles, topography, it seems pretty solvable.
- And this guy, these guys where this one dude was one of them was doing Ballistics on him.
Examples
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We'll have ballistics and autopsies later.
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Ballistics says all three victims killed with the same gun.
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I put together the ballistics reports we issue after weapons tests.
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According to the ballistics team, I pulled the trigger three times.
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I bet ballistics confirms it.
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All we had: matching ballistics from a .40-caliber.
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Ballistics will prove... ...the gun was registered to Chelsea Deardon.
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And our ballistics lab reckons that this and other factors points to an origin in Iraq or Syria.
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The Army Wound Ballistics experts at Edgewood Arsenal fired some comparison bullets.
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Ballistics show he was shot by the same gun as Otis Blake, but this... ...this is the icing.
Synonyms
The study and technology of weapons that fly and hit targets
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Etymology
Ballistics comes from the old root ball-, which means 'to throw', just like when you throw a ball. So ballistics is the science of how things that are thrown or fired, such as bullets, move through the air.