Definition of ballistic
1
: extremely and usually suddenly excited, upset, or angry : wild
He went ballistic when he saw the dent in his car. and the crowd goes ballistic
2
: of or relating to the science of the motion of projectiles in flight
3
exercise
: being or characterized by repeated bouncing
ballistic stretching
4
physics, of an object in motion
: behaving like a projectile
But the Bell Labs switch uses such a low current that the few ballistic electrons are a distance of a micrometer or more apart …— Robert Pool
5
of a material
: capable of resisting or stopping bullets or other projectiles
ballistic glass ballistic nylon … engineered specifically to be worn under ballistic vests and shirts.— K. M. Reese
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The first known use of ballistic was in 1764
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