ballistic pendulum
nounPhysics.
a device consisting of a large mass hung from a horizontal bar by two rods, used to measure the velocity of an object, as a bullet, by retaining the object upon impact, its velocity being a function of the displacement of the mass.
Origin of ballistic pendulum
1First recorded in 1770–80
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How to use ballistic pendulum in a sentence
This cannon (Fig. 2) is similar to that used in the ballistic pendulum.
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 | Herbert M. WilsonThis cannon is a duplicate of the one used for the ballistic pendulum, details of which have already been given.
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 | Herbert M. WilsonOne was the determination of the288 velocity of a bullet fired from a rifle into a Robins ballistic pendulum.
Lord Kelvin | Andrew Gray
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