01 a. Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of hurling stones or missile weapons by means of an engine.
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Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of hurling stones or missile weapons by means of an engine.
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2.
Pertaining to ballistics{2}, or to a projectile in a gravitational field.
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3.
frenzied; very angry; -- used mostly in the phrase go ballistic.[Colloq.]
Phrases & compounds
Ballistic pendulum —
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.