ballistic pendulum
noun Physics.
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.
Nearby words
ballista, ballistic, ballistic camera, ballistic galvanometer, ballistic missile, ballistic pendulum, ballistic trajectory, ballistic wind, ballistics, ballistite, ballistocardiogram
Origin of ballistic pendulum
First recorded in 1770–80
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