Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ballistic_pendulum

1 sense of ballistic pendulum

Sense 1
ballistic pendulum -- (a physical pendulum consisting of a large mass suspended from a rod; when it is struck by a projectile its displacement is used to measure the projectile's velocity)
       => physical pendulum, compound pendulum -- (pendulum consisting of an actual object allowed to rotate freely around a horizontal axis)