ballistical

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ballistic +‎ -al

Adjective[edit]

ballistical (comparative more ballistical, superlative most ballistical)

  1. Characteristic of ballistae; ballistic.
    • 1890, Laurence V. Benét, Annual Report of the Secretary of War, Appendix 42, page #719:
      As the injury in no was affected the ballistical qualities, advantage was taken of the opportunity thus offered to attempt a determination of the law of the velocities and pressures in the bore.