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What does ballistic mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word ballistic? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (not comparable) Or relating to ballistics.
  2. (comparable) Or relating to projectiles moving under their own momentum, air drag, gravity and sometimes rocket power
  3. (comparable, slang) Very angry.
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An existing satellite system designed to detect and track ballistic missile launches is currently being upgraded.
How will they respond to the destruction of their nuclear-attack ballistic missiles by another country's antiballistic missiles?
Well, we have for a long time provided early warning advice on the launch of ballistic missiles.
In 1998, North Korea lobbed a ballistic missile over Japan into the Pacific Ocean, claiming it was a satellite launch.
Last month Pakistan tested ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads deep into India.
While salamanders with ballistic tongue projection rarely miss their target, frogs that use ballistic projection can be highly inaccurate.

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