Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ballistics

/bəˈlɪst.ɪks/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English

Syllables
bal-lis-tics
IPA
/bəˈlɪst.ɪks/
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The science of objects that predominantly fly under the effects of gravity, momentum and atmospheric drag, and dealing with details of their behaviour at the origin and destination of their flight, as of bullets or missiles or rockets.

Uncountable

Etymology

From ballista + -ics. By surface analysis, ballistic + -s.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Derived Forms

aeroballistics astroballistics bioballistics biolistics electroballistics microballistics

Phrases

ballistic conduction ballistic fingerprinting external ballistics internal ballistics terminal ballistics transition ballistics

Synonyms

ballistic trajectory

Rhymes With

statistics characteristics logistics linguistics mystics heuristics criminalistics

Questions

How do you pronounce ballistics?
The recorded pronunciation is /bəˈlɪst.ɪks/.
What does ballistics mean?
The science of objects that predominantly fly under the effects of gravity, momentum and atmospheric drag, and dealing with details of their behaviour at the origin and destination of their flight, as of bullets or missiles or rockets.
Where does ballistics come from?
From ballista + -ics. By surface analysis, ballistic + -s.

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