ballisticallyadv.
/bəˈlɪstᵻkli/, U.S. /bəˈlɪstᵻk(ə)li/ In a ballistic manner; following a ballistic trajectory. Also: as regards ballistics.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [adverb] > in relation to science of projectiles
ballistically1879
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > guided or ballistic missile > [adverb]
ballistically1879
1879 W. E. Ayrton & J. Perry in London, Edinb., & Dublin Philos. Mag. 5th Ser. 7 284 But this arrangement [of the galvanometer]..had far too much damping for being used ballistically.
1889 J. A. Longridge Internal Ballistics 16 Although there is no positive evidence of ‘Dissociation’ in a gun, it may be well to examine what would be the effect ballistically, if it did take place.
1969 Sci. Jrnl. July 70/3 A single warhead..fell ballistically on to its target.
1994 Runner's World Feb. 76/1 Researchers asked one group of college-aged men to perform a series of 17 stretches ballistically while another group performed the same stretches statically.
2004 Sci. Amer. May 88/2 In the absence of magnetic forces, the atoms fly away, and the cloud expands ballistically.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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