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Ballistics vs Kinematics - What's the difference?

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In physics|lang=en terms the difference between ballistics and kinematics

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 kinematics is (physics) the branch of mechanics concerned with objects in motion, but not with the forces involved.

As nouns the difference between ballistics and kinematics

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 kinematics is (physics) the branch of mechanics concerned with objects in motion, but not with the forces involved.

ballistics

English

(wikipedia 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

    kinematics

    English

    (wikipedia kinematics)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (physics) The branch of mechanics concerned with objects in motion, but not with the forces involved.

    • Related terms

    * kinematic

    See also

    * dynamics