Ballistics (disambiguation)
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Ballistic(s) may mean:
- Ballistics, the science that deals with the motion, behavior, and effects of projectiles. Specifically:
- 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; and
- 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).
- Ballistic length in a solid material is the distance a charge carrier can move (on average) without being scattered.
- Ballistic Comics, a publisher that put out only one comic of two issues.
- Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, a 2002 action film.
- Ballistic (film), a 1995 film starring Marjean Holden and Cory Everson
- Ballistic (comics), a comic character of Top Cow Productions
- Ballistic (videogame), from 1998 by Mitchell Corp.
- Ballistic (album), from 2003.
