Ballistic

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Template:Wiktionarypar Ballistic may mean:

  • Ballistic (band), a heavy metal band from Washington D.C.
  • Ballistic (videogame), from 1998 by Mitchell Corp.
  • Ballistic (album), from 2003.
  • Ballistics, the science that deals with the motion, behavior, and effects of projectiles. Specifically:
    • Forensic ballistics, the science of analyzing firearm usage in crimes;
    • Internal ballistics, the study of the processes originally accelerating the projectile, for example the passage of a bullet through the barrel of a rifle;
    • Transition ballistics, the study of the projectile's behavior when it leaves the barrel and the pressure behind the projectile is equalized.
    • External ballistics, the study of the passage of the projectile through space or the air; and
    • Terminal ballistics, the study of the interaction of a projectile with its target, whether that be flesh (for a hunting bullet), steel (for an anti-tank round), or even furnace slag (for an industrial slag disruptor).
  • Ballistic length in a solid material is the distance a charge carrier can move (on average) without being scattered.
  • Ballistic Comics, a publisher that put out only one comic of two issues.
  • Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, a 2002 action film.

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