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BallistaBallista Bal*lis"ta, n.; pl. Ballist[ae]. [L. ballista,
balista, fr. Gr. ? to throw.]
An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used
for hurling large missiles. BallistaeBallista Bal*lis"ta, n.; pl. Ballist[ae]. [L. ballista,
balista, fr. Gr. ? to throw.]
An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used
for hurling large missiles. BallisterBallister Bal"lis*ter, n. [L. ballista. Cf. Balister.]
A crossbow. [Obs.] BallisticBallistic Bal*lis"tic, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of hurling
stones or missile weapons by means of an engine.
2. Pertaining to projection, or to a projectile.
Ballistic pendulum, an instrument consisting of a mass of
wood or other material suspended as a pendulum, for
measuring the force and velocity of projectiles by means
of the arc through which their impact impels it. Ballistic pendulumPendulum Pen"du*lum, n.; pl. Pendulums. [NL., fr. L.
pendulus hanging, swinging. See Pendulous.]
A body so suspended from a fixed point as to swing freely to
and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum. It
is used to regulate the movements of clockwork and other
machinery.
Note: The time of oscillation of a pendulum is independent of
the arc of vibration, provided this arc be small.
Ballistic pendulum. See under Ballistic.
Compensation pendulum, a clock pendulum in which the effect
of changes of temperature of the length of the rod is so
counteracted, usually by the opposite expansion of
differene metals, that the distance of the center of
oscillation from the center of suspension remains
invariable; as, the mercurial compensation pendulum, in
which the expansion of the rod is compensated by the
opposite expansion of mercury in a jar constituting the
bob; the gridiron pendulum, in which compensation is
effected by the opposite expansion of sets of rodsof
different metals.
Compound pendulum, an ordinary pendulum; -- so called, as
being made up of different parts, and contrasted with
simple pendulum.
Conical or Revolving, pendulum, a weight connected by a
rod with a fixed point; and revolving in a horizontal
cyrcle about the vertical from that point.
Pendulum bob, the weight at the lower end of a pendulum.
Pendulum level, a plumb level. See under Level.
Pendulum wheel, the balance of a watch.
Simple or Theoretical, pendulum, an imaginary pendulum
having no dimensions except length, and no weight except
at the center of oscillation; in other words, a material
point suspended by an ideal line. Ballistic pendulumBallistic Bal*lis"tic, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of hurling
stones or missile weapons by means of an engine.
2. Pertaining to projection, or to a projectile.
Ballistic pendulum, an instrument consisting of a mass of
wood or other material suspended as a pendulum, for
measuring the force and velocity of projectiles by means
of the arc through which their impact impels it. BallisticsBallistics Bal*lis"tics, n. [Cf. F. balistique. See
Ballista.]
The science or art of hurling missile weapons by the use of
an engine. --Whewell. BallistiteBallistite Bal"lis*tite, n. [See Ballista.] (Chem.)
A smokeless powder containing equal parts of soluble
nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin. Electro-ballistic
Electro-ballistic E*lec`tro-bal*lis"tic, a.
Pertaining to electro-ballistics.
Electro-ballistics
Electro-ballistics E*lec`tro-bal*lis"tics, n.
The art or science of measuring the force or velocity of
projectiles by means of electricity.
Meaning of Ballist from wikipedia
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Mukje Agreement, the
vague mutual tolerance that had
existed between the
Ballists and LANÇ
quickly evaporated. The
Allies too
could not
guarantee that Kosovo...
- (UDBA)
sought to
eliminate Hasan Remniku and
Mustafa Kokaj, the last of the
Ballist and
Kachak rebel leaders. UDBA agents,
disguised as
individuals offering...
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Prisoners of War. The
Ballist forces also
faced losses, with 17 killed,
including 2 officers, and many injured. On the
Ballist side
several Commanders...
- On 31 October,
Davies met
Enver Hoxha, who
agreed to
pause attacks on
Ballist forces if they
formally committed to
fighting the Germans. On November...
-
clash between the
Yugoslav partisan and the
Ballist forces. The
battle lasted for a
several days
until the
Ballist forces were
finally defeated and forced...
- Hoxhë Lipovica, was a
prominent Albanian Imam,
later Mullah,
Kachak and
Ballist commander during the
Insurgency in
Karadak in
World War II, a
region predominantly...
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August 1944 to 7
September 1944, a
battle was
fought near Preševo
between Ballist and
Bulgarian forces. The
battle ended with an
Albanian victory due to...
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remaining Ballists tried to
remain in
control of the
region after the
Yugoslav Partisans announced victory. The
insurrection was
later crushed and
Ballist leaders...
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librarian Karl
Heinrich Emil
Becker (1879–1940),
general of the artillery,
ballist and
defense scientist, in the
German Empire (Second Reich) /
Republic of...
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famous Ballist Axis
Powers collaborators in
World War II.
Enver Hoxha,
Communist leader of Albania, had a
great dislike of Hasa and the
Ballist movement...
