"ballistic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /bəˈlɪs.tɪk/ Audio: en-us-ballistic.ogg Forms: more ballistic [comparative], most ballistic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪstɪk Etymology: From Latin ballista (“a military siege engine for throwing stones”) + -ic. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|ballista||a military siege engine for throwing stones}} Latin ballista (“a military siege engine for throwing stones”), {{suffix|en||ic}} + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj}} ballistic (comparative more ballistic, superlative most ballistic)
  1. (not comparable) Of or relating to ballistics. Tags: not-comparable Translations (relating to ballistics): balistik (Albanian), بَالِسْتِيّ (bālistiyy) (Arabic), балісты́чны (balistýčny) (Belarusian), балисти́чен (balistíčen) (Bulgarian), balístic (Catalan), 彈道的 (Chinese Mandarin), 弹道的 (dàndào de) (Chinese Mandarin), balistický (Czech), ballistisk (Danish), ballistisch (Dutch), ballistiline (Estonian), ballistinen (Finnish), balistique (French), ბალისტიკური (balisṭiḳuri) (Georgian), ballistisch (German), balaistíoch (Irish), balistico (Italian), 弾道の (Japanese), 탄도의 (tando-ui) (Korean), ballistisks (Latvian), balistinis (Lithuanian), балистички (balistički) (Macedonian), ballistisk (Norwegian Bokmål), balistyczny (Polish), balístico (Portuguese), balistic (Romanian), баллисти́ческий (ballistíčeskij) (Russian), балѝстичкӣ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), balìstičkī [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), balistický (Slovak), balističen (Slovene), balístico (Spanish), ballistisk (Swedish), балісти́чний (balistýčnyj) (Ukrainian), באַליסטיש (balistish) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-ballistic-en-adj-vi00Ov1v Disambiguation of 'relating to ballistics': 100 0 0
  2. (comparable) Of or relating to projectiles moving under their own momentum, aerodynamic drag, gravity, and sometimes rocket power, without significant lift. Tags: comparable
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  3. (comparable, slang) Very angry. Tags: comparable, slang
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ballistical
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      "word": "guided"
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    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
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    "Terms with Estonian translations",
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    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Latvian translations",
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    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
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    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
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      "word": "aeroballistic"
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    {
      "word": "antiballistic"
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      "word": "astroballistic"
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      "word": "ballistical"
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    {
      "word": "ballistically"
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    {
      "word": "ballistic coefficient"
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    {
      "word": "ballistic gelatin"
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    {
      "word": "ballistician"
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    {
      "word": "ballisticity"
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    {
      "word": "ballistic knife"
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    {
      "word": "ballistic missile"
    },
    {
      "word": "ballistic parachute"
    },
    {
      "word": "ballistic pendulum"
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    {
      "word": "ballistic podiatry"
    },
    {
      "word": "ballistics"
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    {
      "word": "ballistic syllable"
    },
    {
      "word": "ballistic trauma"
    },
    {
      "word": "ballistic vest"
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    {
      "word": "ballochory"
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    {
      "word": "bioballistic"
    },
    {
      "word": "cardioballistic"
    },
    {
      "word": "electroballistic"
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    {
      "word": "go ballistic"
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    {
      "word": "neuroballistic"
    },
    {
      "word": "nonballistic"
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      "word": "quasiballistic"
    },
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      "word": "semiballistic"
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      "word": "subballistic"
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      "word": "superballistic"
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      "word": "thermoballistic"
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        "Of or relating to ballistics."
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        "(not comparable) Of or relating to ballistics."
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        "(comparable) Of or relating to projectiles moving under their own momentum, aerodynamic drag, gravity, and sometimes rocket power, without significant lift."
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        "Very angry."
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        "(comparable, slang) Very angry."
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      "word": "ballistical"
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "word": "balistik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "bālistiyy",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "word": "بَالِسْتِيّ"
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "balistýčny",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "word": "балісты́чны"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "balistíčen",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "word": "балисти́чен"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "word": "balístic"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "word": "彈道的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàndào de",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "word": "弹道的"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "word": "balistický"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "word": "ballistisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "word": "ballistisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "word": "ballistiline"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "word": "ballistinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "word": "balistique"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "balisṭiḳuri",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "word": "ბალისტიკური"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "word": "ballistisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "word": "balaistíoch"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "word": "balistico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "word": "弾道の"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "tando-ui",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "word": "탄도의"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "word": "ballistisks"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "word": "balistinis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "balistički",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "word": "балистички"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "word": "ballistisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "word": "balistyczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "word": "balístico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "word": "balistic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ballistíčeskij",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "word": "баллисти́ческий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "балѝстичкӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
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      "word": "balìstičkī"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "word": "balistický"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "word": "balističen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "word": "balístico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "word": "ballistisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "balistýčnyj",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "word": "балісти́чний"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "balistish",
      "sense": "relating to ballistics",
      "word": "באַליסטיש"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ballistic"
}

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