| NOUN | artifact | ballistic pendulum | a physical pendulum consisting of a large mass suspended from a rod |
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| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Narrower | gun pendulum | A ballistic pendulum consisting of a suspended gun |
| Broader | physical pendulum, compound pendulum | pendulum consisting of an actual object allowed to rotate freely around a horizontal axis |
| Spanish | péndulo balístico | |
| Catalan | pèndol balístic | |
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