Meanings
nounballistics (uncountable)
- uncountablenatural sciencesThe 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.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From New Latin ballistica + -s, use as noun of feminine of ballisticus (“ballistic”). Compare later ballistic and French balistique. By surface analysis, ballista + -ics or ballistic + -s.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian бали́стика
- бали́стика (balístika)science of the study of falling objects
Catalan balística
- balísticascience of the study of falling objects
Chinese Mandarin 彈道學 /弹道学
- 彈道學 /弹道学 (dàndàoxué)science of the study of falling objects
Czech balistika
- balistikascience of the study of falling objects
Danish ballistik
- ballistikscience of the study of falling objects
Dutch ballistiek
- ballistiekscience of the study of falling objects
Esperanto balistiko
- balistikoscience of the study of falling objects
Estonian ballistika
- ballistikascience of the study of falling objects
Finnish ballistiikka
- ballistiikkascience of the study of falling objects
French balistique
- balistiquescience of the study of falling objects
German Ballistik
- Ballistikscience of the study of falling objects
Greek βλητική
- βλητική (vlitikí)science of the study of falling objects
Hindi प्राक्षेपिकी
- प्राक्षेपिकी (prākṣepikī)science of the study of falling objects
Hungarian ballisztika
- ballisztikascience of the study of falling objects
Irish balaistíocht
- balaistíochtscience of the study of falling objects
Italian balistica
- balisticascience of the study of falling objects
Japanese 弾道学
- 弾道学 (dandōgaku)science of the study of falling objects
Korean 탄도학
- 탄도학 (tandohak)science of the study of falling objects
Latvian ballistika
- ballistikascience of the study of falling objects
Lithuanian balistika
- balistikascience of the study of falling objects
Norwegian Bokmål ballistikk
- ballistikkscience of the study of falling objects
Persian بالستیک
- بالستیک (bâlestik)science of the study of falling objects
Polish balistyka
- balistykascience of the study of falling objects
Portuguese balística
- balísticascience of the study of falling objects
Romanian balistică
- balisticăscience of the study of falling objects
Russian балли́стика
- балли́стика (ballístika)science of the study of falling objects
Slovak balistika
- balistikascience of the study of falling objects
Spanish balística
- balísticascience of the study of falling objects
Swedish ballistik
- ballistikscience of the study of falling objects
Tagalog balistika
- balistikascience of the study of falling objects
Thai วิถีศาสตร์
- วิถีศาสตร์ (wí-tǐi-sàat)science of the study of falling objects
Turkish balistik
- balistikscience of the study of falling objects
Ukrainian балі́стика
- балі́стика (balístyka)science of the study of falling objects
Cite this entry
APA
ballistics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballistics
MLA
“ballistics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballistics. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ballistics,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballistics.
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