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BALLISTIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity

Example:

ballistic missile

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

ballistics (the trajectory of an object in free flight)

Derivation:

ballistics (the science of flight dynamics)

ballistics (the trajectory of an object in free flight)

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