BALLISTICS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The science of flight dynamics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("ballistics" is a kind of...):

dynamics; kinetics (the branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies)

Derivation:

ballistic (relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity)

Meaning:

The trajectory of an object in free flight

Synonyms:

ballistic trajectory; ballistics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("ballistics" is a kind of...):

flight; trajectory (the path followed by an object moving through space)

Derivation:

ballistic (relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity)