Meanwhile, air circulation and filtration won’t offer much protection from “ballistic” transmission—the ejection of droplets from someone who coughs, sneezes, or talks loudly.
Winter will make the pandemic worse. Here’s what you need to know.|David Rotman|October 8, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Cameron said his team of investigators reconstructed the events that took place that night by reviewing ballistics evidence, 911 calls, police radio traffic, and interviews.
Protesters hit the streets for a second night after officers aren’t charged with killing Breonna Taylor|Fabiola Cineas|September 25, 2020|Vox
According to the ballistics report, Mattingly was shot once by a 9 mm handgun, the gun that belonged to Kenneth Walker, Taylor’s boyfriend.
Protesters hit the streets for a second night after officers aren’t charged with killing Breonna Taylor|Fabiola Cineas|September 25, 2020|Vox
Russia is also working on new a fleet of ballistic missile submarines, attack submarines to operate under the ice caps.
Russia Preps Its North Pole Invasion|Dave Majumdar|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
What is basically being attempted is a ballistic, sub-orbital flight, like a ride atop a short-range missile.
Branson’s Galactic Obstacles: Tom Bower Puts a Damper on Virgin’s Space Flight Dreams|Clive Irving|January 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Police arrested Lonnie Franklin Jr. in the summer of 2010, when DNA and ballistic evidence linked him to the slayings.
LAPD Launches Manhunt for Prolific Serial ‘Teardrop Rapist’|Christine Pelisek|April 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Sanctions failed to prevent North Korea from developing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles to deliver them.
Iran and the Sanctions Trap|Stephen L. Carter|July 31, 2011|DAILY BEAST
This cannon (Fig. 2) is similar to that used in the ballistic pendulum.
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910|Herbert M. Wilson
Rifle and ballistic pendulums on the northeast, and the steam boiler house on the northwest portions.
History of the Confederate Powder Works|Geo. W. Rains
Given the ballistic coefficient C, the initial velocity V, and a range of R yds.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2|Various
As for the ballistic properties of the piece, they are very remarkable.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887|Various
But a rule of thumb might be attacks on a target beyond range of surface-based fires except for ballistic or cruise missiles.
Shock and Awe|Harlan K. Ullman
British Dictionary definitions for ballistic
ballistic
/ (bəˈlɪstɪk) /
adjective
of or relating to ballistics
denoting or relating to the flight of projectiles after power has been cut off, moving under their own momentum and the external forces of gravity and air resistance
(of a measurement or measuring instrument) depending on a brief impulse or current that causes a movement related to the quantity to be measureda ballistic pendulum
go ballisticinformalto become enraged or frenziedly violent
(of materials) strong enough to resist damage by projectile weaponsballistic nylon