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ballistics
[bəlis′tiks]
Etymology: Gk, ballein, to throw
the study of the motion, trajectory, and impact of projectiles, including bullets and rockets.

Ballistics
The science of the motion of projectiles in flight and the dynamics of deceleration as the projectile impacts on the body or tissues; the energy imparted to tissue is calculated as E = mv2; m = mass; v = velocity


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338 ballistically, it could never compete with it in America because of availability.
We had some brand new guns and some were old, but every single one was still functional and they will all be ballistically tested by our forensic analysts," he said.
We had some brand new guns and some were old, but every single one was still functional and they will all be ballistically tested by our forensic analysts," he said.
 
 
 
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