Ballistics (disambiguation)
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Ballistics is the science that deals with the motion, behavior, and effects of projectiles.
Specifically it can also mean:
- Forensic ballistics, the science of analyzing firearm usage in crimes
- Internal ballistics, the study of the processes originally accelerating the projectile, for example the passage of a bullet through the barrel of a rifle
- Transition ballistics, the study of the projectile's behavior when it leaves the barrel and the pressure behind the projectile is equalized
- External ballistics, the study of the passage of the projectile through space or the air
- Terminal ballistics, the study of the interaction of a projectile with its target, whether that be flesh (for a hunting bullet), steel (for an anti-tank round), or even furnace slag (for an industrial slag disruptor)
Other meanings include:
- Ballistic missile, a missile that follows a sub-orbital flightpath
- Ballistic nylon, a thick, tough nylon fabric
- Ballistic (comics), a comic character of Top Cow Productions
- Ballistic (DC Comics), a DC Comic Book Character
- Puzz Loop, a 1998 video game by Mitchell Corporation released as Ballistic in North America
- Ballistics (video game), a 2001 video game by GRIN
- Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, a 2002 film starring Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu
- Ballistics, a collection of Billy Collins' poetry released in 2008.
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