Ballistics is the study of projectile motion. A projectile is an object that has been launched, shot, hurled, thrown or by other means projected and which continues in motion due to its own inertia. The path of the projectile is determined by its...

Ballistics (gr. ba'llein, "throw") is the science of mechanics that deals with the motion, behavior, and effects of projectiles, especially bullets, gravity bombs, rockets, or the like; the science or art of designing and accelerating projectiles so as...