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Webster 1913 Edition

Ballistic

Bal-lis′tic

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Adj.
1.
Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of hurling stones or missile weapons by means of an engine.
Ballistic pendulum
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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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ballistic

BALLIS'TIC

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Adj.
[L. balista, an engine to throw stones, or shoot darts, from Gr.to throw or shoot.] Pertaining to the balista, or to the art of shooting darts, and other missive weapons, by means of an engine.

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