As nouns the difference between ballistics and aeroballistics
is that ballistics is (physics) the science of objects that predominately fly under the effects of gravity, momentum and atmospheric drag, and dealing with details of their behaviour at the origin and destination of their flight, as of bullets or missiles or rockets while aeroballistics is the part of ballistics that deals with the interaction of high-speed projectiles with the atmosphere.
ballistics
Noun
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(physics) The science of objects that predominately fly under the effects of gravity, momentum and atmospheric drag, and dealing with details of their behaviour at the origin and destination of their flight, as of bullets or missiles or rockets.
Derived terms
* internal ballistics
* external ballistics
* terminal ballistics
* transition ballistics
* ballistic fingerprinting
* Ballistic conduction
aeroballistics
English
Noun
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The part of ballistics that deals with the interaction of high-speed projectiles with the atmosphere