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/bəˈlɪst.ɪks/
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B AH0 L IH1 S T IH0 K S
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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the science of flight dynamics
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: dynamics, kinetics
the trajectory of an object in free flight
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: ballistic trajectory
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: trajectory, flight
From ballista + -ics. By surface analysis, ballistic + -s.
Across languages
Translations 48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian :
balistikë
— science of the study of falling objects
Armenian :
ձգաբանություն
(jgabanutʻyun)
— science of the study of falling objects
Armenian :
բալիստիկա
(balistika)
— science of the study of falling objects
Azerbaijani :
ballistika
— science of the study of falling objects
Belarusian :
балі́стыка
(balístyka)
— science of the study of falling objects
Bulgarian :
бали́стика
(balístika)
— science of the study of falling objects
Catalan :
balística
— science of the study of falling objects
Chinese Mandarin :
彈道學 /弹道学
(dàndàoxué)
— science of the study of falling objects
Czech :
balistika
— science of the study of falling objects
Danish :
ballistik
— science of the study of falling objects
Dutch :
ballistiek
— science of the study of falling objects
Esperanto :
balistiko
— science of the study of falling objects
Estonian :
ballistika
— science of the study of falling objects
Finnish :
ballistiikka
— science of the study of falling objects
French :
balistique
— science of the study of falling objects
Georgian :
ბალისტიკა
(balisṭiḳa)
— science of the study of falling objects
German :
Ballistik
— science of the study of falling objects
Greek :
βλητική
(vlitikí)
— science of the study of falling objects
Hindi :
प्राक्षेपिकी
(prākṣepikī)
— science of the study of falling objects
Hungarian :
ballisztika
— science of the study of falling objects
Ido :
balistiko
— science of the study of falling objects
Irish :
balaistíocht
— science of the study of falling objects
Italian :
balistica
— science of the study of falling objects
Japanese :
弾道学
(dandōgaku)
— science of the study of falling objects
Kazakh :
баллистика
(ballistika)
— science of the study of falling objects
Khmer :
ខិត្តវិទ្យា
(khettaʼvityiə)
— science of the study of falling objects
Korean :
탄도학
(tandohak)
— science of the study of falling objects
Kyrgyz :
баллистика
(ballistika)
— science of the study of falling objects
Latvian :
ballistika
— science of the study of falling objects
Lithuanian :
balistika
— science of the study of falling objects
Macedonian :
балистика
(balistika)
— science of the study of falling objects
Norwegian Bokmål :
ballistikk
— science of the study of falling objects
Persian :
بالستیک
(bâlestik)
— science of the study of falling objects
Polish :
balistyka
— science of the study of falling objects
Portuguese :
balística
— science of the study of falling objects
Romanian :
balistică
— science of the study of falling objects
Russian :
балли́стика
(ballístika)
— science of the study of falling objects
Serbo-Croatian :
balìstika
— science of the study of falling objects
Serbo-Croatian :
балѝстика
— science of the study of falling objects
Slovak :
balistika
— science of the study of falling objects
Slovene :
balistika
— science of the study of falling objects
Spanish :
balística
— science of the study of falling objects
Swedish :
ballistik
— science of the study of falling objects
Tagalog :
balistika
— science of the study of falling objects
Thai :
วิถีศาสตร์
(wí-tǐi-sàat)
— science of the study of falling objects
Turkish :
balistik
— science of the study of falling objects
Ukrainian :
балі́стика
(balístyka)
— science of the study of falling objects
Uzbek :
ballistika
— science of the study of falling objects
