Ballistic

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

ballistic
    adj 1: relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects
           moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity;
           "ballistic missile"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ballistic \Bal*lis"tic\, a.
   1. 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.]
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   {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.
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