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From micro- + ballistics, itself from ballista + -ics or by surface analysis, ballistic + -s.
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Today it means: The science of microscale ballistics. Full definition →
From micro- + ballistics, itself from ballista + -ics or by surface analysis, ballistic + -s.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.