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Ballistics
The science or art of hurling missile weapons by the use of an engine.
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That branch of mechanics which treats of the motion of bodies (kinematics) and the action of forces in producing or changing their motion (kinetics).…
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The act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying.
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See Dynamics.
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The curve which a body describes in space, as a planet or comet in its orbit, or stone thrown upward obliquely in the air.
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Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of hurling stones or missile weapons by means of an engine.
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Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of hurling stones or missile weapons by means of an engine.
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