ballisticsn.

Brit.

/bəˈlɪstɪks/, U.S.

/bəˈlɪstɪks/

Forms: 1600s balisticks, 1700s ballisticks, 1700s– balistics (now nonstandard), 1700s– ballistics.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ballistica.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin ballistica (1644 in De ballistica et acontismologia in the source cited at ballistic adj.), use as noun of feminine of ballisticus ballistic adj.: see -ic suffix 2. Compare French balistique (1647; < post-classical Latin). Compare later ballistic adj.With exterior ballistics n., interior ballistics n. at sense 1b compare French balistique extérieure (1872 or earlier), balistique intérieure (1874 or earlier), German äussere Ballistik (1893 or earlier), innere Ballistik (1870 or earlier) respectively. With the form balisticks , balistics compare the forms at ballista n., ballistic adj., and the French parallel cited above.

a. Chiefly with singular agreement. The branch of science and technology concerned with the propulsion and motion of projectiles, and esp. with the action and effects of firearms and bullets.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [noun] > throwing missiles > science of projectiles

ballistics1675

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > [noun] > missile discharged from weapon > science of

ballistics1675

1675 Philos. Trans. 1674 (Royal Soc.) 9 232 He [sc. C. F. Milliet de Chales, the French author of a post-classical Latin work reviewed in the article] treats of the Art of Gunnery, and Balisticks.

1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II. (ed. 2) Ballisticks (of ballistæ, L. crossbows or engines for casting javelins, great stones, &c.) the Art of making such engines.

1754 B. Martin Introd. Eng. Lang. & Learning iii. 196 Ballistics, or the Art of Gunnery, is wholly Mathematical.

1762 T. Walter New Math. Dict. sig. Ff4/1 Navigation might be referred to hydrodynamics, and ballistics or throwing of bombs to mechanics.

1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 21/2 They afford positive data, and the bases of experimental balistics, so necessary for artillery practice.

1873 F. Bashforth Motion of Projectiles p. viii On the institution of the Advanced Class for Officers of the Royal Artillery in 1864, there was no satisfactory work on ballistics.

1934 J. D. Carr Eight of Swords (1986) iv. 49 But now he theoretically knew all about ballistics, microphotography, chemical analysis, toxicology.

1955 Househ. Guide & Almanac (News of World) 228/2 Men who..are experienced in ballistics, which has become popularly known as ‘the fingerprinting of bullets’, laboratory work, Company Law and fraud.

2001 C. B. Janeway tr. S. Márai Embers v. 39 They learned Greek, and ballistics, and the proper comportment of a soldier in battle, and history.

b. exterior ballistics n. (also external ballistics) the branch of ballistics concerned with the flight of a projectile after it leaves a gun. interior ballistics n. (also internal ballistics) the branch of ballistics concerned with the propulsive effect of a charge and the motion of a projectile in the bore of a gun.terminal ballistics: see terminal adj. and n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > [noun] > missile discharged from weapon > science of > specific branch

exterior ballistics1880

interior ballistics1880

terminal ballistics1907

1880 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 171 246 It appears to us certain that the rules and tables we have laid down..may..be applied to nearly every question of internal ballistics.

1886 J. M. Ingalls Exterior Ballistics in Plane of Fire 5 Interior Ballistics treats of the motion of a projectile within the bore of the gun while it is acted upon by the highly elastic gases into which the powder is converted by combustion... Exterior Ballistics considers the circumstances of motion of a projectile from the time it emerges from the gun until it strikes the object aimed at.

1945 C. E. Balleisen Princ. Firearms ii. 7 With so many variables involved, treatment of interior ballistics on a strictly mathematical basis is very difficult.

1962 J. Thewlis et al. Encycl. Dict. Physics II. 273 The definition and notation of the force coefficients used in external ballistics differ from those employed in aerodynamics.

1997 D. E. Osterbrock Yerkes Observatory, 1892–1950 x. 255 [In 1941] Edwin Hubble was head of the exterior ballistics division.

2000 S. H. Mauskopf in F. L. Holmes & T. H. Levere Instruments & Exper. Hist. Chem. xiii. 336 The physical approach had more to do with what artillerists call interior ballistics, in which the challenge was to measure such parameters as temperature, pressure, and rate of burn.

2. Chiefly with plural agreement. A department in a police force, etc., which conducts forensic analyses of ballistic data; such an analysis.

ΚΠ

1965 C. Himes Cotton comes to Harlem xii. 114 It had been recently fired and there's no doubt it is the murder gun; but it has gone to ballistics.

1992 D. Hagberg Crossfire xiii. 108 Ballistics were certain the bullet had been fired from a Walther PPK.

1995 Private Eye 20 Oct. 10/1 His script was efficiently constructed around familiar bits of Cockney copper slang: ‘What's his MO?’ ‘Ere's the ballistics, guv.’

2003 Sight & Sound Dec. 48/1 Ballistics indicate the murder weapon belonged to Brendan's absent father.

3. With plural agreement. Missiles, bullets, debris, etc., shot or propelled through the air; the action of shooting or propelling these.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > [noun] > collectively

trait1477

ammunition?1588

missilery1866

ballistics1989

1989 J. McPhee Control of Nature (1990) 107 With their rutilant rockets and air-burst ballistics they tried to destroy Baltimore.

1991 A. D. Bell Plant Form (1993) i. 160/2 Fruit and seed dispersal... Passive ballistics also occur in plants with poricidal capsules.

1993 Canad. Geographic May 33/1 Thousands of tons of metre-wide boulders—‘ballistics’ in volcanological jargon—rained from the sky.

2006 Time Out N.Y. 15 June 101/3 An even more eclectic mix of audience-friendly popcorn movies..and the occasional ballet of ballistics and clanging blades.

Compounds

General attributive, esp. with reference to forensic ballistic analysis, as ballistics evidence, ballistics expert, ballistics test, etc.

ΚΠ

1926 Los Angeles Times 12 Aug. ii. 1/2 (heading) Ballistics expert to give exhibit at session here.

1950 Jrnl. Criminal Law & Criminol. 41 67 Request for inspection of ballistics test results and medical report before trial denied.

1963 Listener 4 Apr. 585/2 The gun in the alley was found, and precautions taken to safeguard it for the detectives from the ballistics squad.

1988 J. G. Ballard Running Wild 14 Ballistics analysis of the spent bullets and the curious collection of weapons used point to the possible involvement of an international terrorist group.

1991 Canberra Times 31 Jan. 2/3 The material still to be presented includes ballistics evidence about a number of spent cartridge cases.

1998 GQ Aug. 126/3 To throw ballistics experts off the trail, it [sc. a book] suggests running a ‘file down the barrel’ of the gun before leaving the scene of a crime.

2002 Wall St. Jrnl. 14 Oct. a4/2 Only Maryland and New York have ballistic-fingerprinting laws on the books, requiring that ballistics data be kept on all handguns..made and sold in those states.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ballistics
释义	ballisticsn. Brit. /bəˈlɪstɪks/, U.S. /bəˈlɪstɪks/ Forms: 1600s balisticks, 1700s ballisticks, 1700s– balistics (now nonstandard), 1700s– ballistics. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ballistica. Etymology: < post-classical Latin ballistica (1644 in De ballistica et acontismologia in the source cited at ballistic adj.), use as noun of feminine of ballisticus ballistic adj.: see -ic suffix 2. Compare French balistique (1647; < post-classical Latin). Compare later ballistic adj.With exterior ballistics n., interior ballistics n. at sense 1b compare French balistique extérieure (1872 or earlier), balistique intérieure (1874 or earlier), German äussere Ballistik (1893 or earlier), innere Ballistik (1870 or earlier) respectively. With the form balisticks , balistics compare the forms at ballista n., ballistic adj., and the French parallel cited above. 1. a. Chiefly with singular agreement. The branch of science and technology concerned with the propulsion and motion of projectiles, and esp. with the action and effects of firearms and bullets. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [noun] > throwing missiles > science of projectiles ballistics1675 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > [noun] > missile discharged from weapon > science of ballistics1675 1675 Philos. Trans. 1674 (Royal Soc.) 9 232 He [sc. C. F. Milliet de Chales, the French author of a post-classical Latin work reviewed in the article] treats of the Art of Gunnery, and Balisticks. 1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II. (ed. 2) Ballisticks (of ballistæ, L. crossbows or engines for casting javelins, great stones, &c.) the Art of making such engines. 1754 B. Martin Introd. Eng. Lang. & Learning iii. 196 Ballistics, or the Art of Gunnery, is wholly Mathematical. 1762 T. Walter New Math. Dict. sig. Ff4/1 Navigation might be referred to hydrodynamics, and ballistics or throwing of bombs to mechanics. 1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 21/2 They afford positive data, and the bases of experimental balistics, so necessary for artillery practice. 1873 F. Bashforth Motion of Projectiles p. viii On the institution of the Advanced Class for Officers of the Royal Artillery in 1864, there was no satisfactory work on ballistics. 1934 J. D. Carr Eight of Swords (1986) iv. 49 But now he theoretically knew all about ballistics, microphotography, chemical analysis, toxicology. 1955 Househ. Guide & Almanac (News of World) 228/2 Men who..are experienced in ballistics, which has become popularly known as ‘the fingerprinting of bullets’, laboratory work, Company Law and fraud. 2001 C. B. Janeway tr. S. Márai Embers v. 39 They learned Greek, and ballistics, and the proper comportment of a soldier in battle, and history. b. exterior ballistics n. (also external ballistics) the branch of ballistics concerned with the flight of a projectile after it leaves a gun. interior ballistics n. (also internal ballistics) the branch of ballistics concerned with the propulsive effect of a charge and the motion of a projectile in the bore of a gun.terminal ballistics: see terminal adj. and n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > [noun] > missile discharged from weapon > science of > specific branch exterior ballistics1880 interior ballistics1880 terminal ballistics1907 1880 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 171 246 It appears to us certain that the rules and tables we have laid down..may..be applied to nearly every question of internal ballistics. 1886 J. M. Ingalls Exterior Ballistics in Plane of Fire 5 Interior Ballistics treats of the motion of a projectile within the bore of the gun while it is acted upon by the highly elastic gases into which the powder is converted by combustion... Exterior Ballistics considers the circumstances of motion of a projectile from the time it emerges from the gun until it strikes the object aimed at. 1945 C. E. Balleisen Princ. Firearms ii. 7 With so many variables involved, treatment of interior ballistics on a strictly mathematical basis is very difficult. 1962 J. Thewlis et al. Encycl. Dict. Physics II. 273 The definition and notation of the force coefficients used in external ballistics differ from those employed in aerodynamics. 1997 D. E. Osterbrock Yerkes Observatory, 1892–1950 x. 255 [In 1941] Edwin Hubble was head of the exterior ballistics division. 2000 S. H. Mauskopf in F. L. Holmes & T. H. Levere Instruments & Exper. Hist. Chem. xiii. 336 The physical approach had more to do with what artillerists call interior ballistics, in which the challenge was to measure such parameters as temperature, pressure, and rate of burn. 2. Chiefly with plural agreement. A department in a police force, etc., which conducts forensic analyses of ballistic data; such an analysis. ΚΠ 1965 C. Himes Cotton comes to Harlem xii. 114 It had been recently fired and there's no doubt it is the murder gun; but it has gone to ballistics. 1992 D. Hagberg Crossfire xiii. 108 Ballistics were certain the bullet had been fired from a Walther PPK. 1995 Private Eye 20 Oct. 10/1 His script was efficiently constructed around familiar bits of Cockney copper slang: ‘What's his MO?’ ‘Ere's the ballistics, guv.’ 2003 Sight & Sound Dec. 48/1 Ballistics indicate the murder weapon belonged to Brendan's absent father. 3. With plural agreement. Missiles, bullets, debris, etc., shot or propelled through the air; the action of shooting or propelling these. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > [noun] > collectively trait1477 ammunition?1588 missilery1866 ballistics1989 1989 J. McPhee Control of Nature (1990) 107 With their rutilant rockets and air-burst ballistics they tried to destroy Baltimore. 1991 A. D. Bell Plant Form (1993) i. 160/2 Fruit and seed dispersal... Passive ballistics also occur in plants with poricidal capsules. 1993 Canad. Geographic May 33/1 Thousands of tons of metre-wide boulders—‘ballistics’ in volcanological jargon—rained from the sky. 2006 Time Out N.Y. 15 June 101/3 An even more eclectic mix of audience-friendly popcorn movies..and the occasional ballet of ballistics and clanging blades. Compounds General attributive, esp. with reference to forensic ballistic analysis, as ballistics evidence, ballistics expert, ballistics test, etc. ΚΠ 1926 Los Angeles Times 12 Aug. ii. 1/2 (heading) Ballistics expert to give exhibit at session here. 1950 Jrnl. Criminal Law & Criminol. 41 67 Request for inspection of ballistics test results and medical report before trial denied. 1963 Listener 4 Apr. 585/2 The gun in the alley was found, and precautions taken to safeguard it for the detectives from the ballistics squad. 1988 J. G. Ballard Running Wild 14 Ballistics analysis of the spent bullets and the curious collection of weapons used point to the possible involvement of an international terrorist group. 1991 Canberra Times 31 Jan. 2/3 The material still to be presented includes ballistics evidence about a number of spent cartridge cases. 1998 GQ Aug. 126/3 To throw ballistics experts off the trail, it [sc. a book] suggests running a ‘file down the barrel’ of the gun before leaving the scene of a crime. 2002 Wall St. Jrnl. 14 Oct. a4/2 Only Maryland and New York have ballistic-fingerprinting laws on the books, requiring that ballistics data be kept on all handguns..made and sold in those states. 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