English Explanatory Dictionary

ballistic coefficient

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

physics The ratio of the mass of an object to the product of its maximum cross-sectional area and its drag coefficient, used to measure the object's resistance to deceleration by hydrodynamic drag.

Word forms

ballistic coefficient ballistic coefficients

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