Projectile motion
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In physics, projectile motion describes the motion of an object that is launched into the air and moves under the influence of gravity alone, with air resistance neglected. In this idealized model, th
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Ballistics
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Ballistics is the field of mechanics concerned with the launching, flight behaviour and impact effects of projectiles, especially weapon munitions such as bullets, unguided bombs, rockets and the like
Projectile motion
…but the path may also be straight in the special case when the object is thrown directly upward or downward. The study of such motions is called ballistics, and such a trajectory is described as ballistic. The force of mathematical significance that is actively exerted on the object is gravity, which acts…
Gaetano Marzagaglia, Del calcolo balistico, 1748
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