ballistic pendulum

Other forms: ballistic pendulums

Definitions of ballistic pendulum

1. noun

   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
   types:

   gun pendulum

   a ballistic pendulum consisting of a suspended gun; the velocity of a projectile in the bore of a gun can be measured by the recoil when the gun is discharged

   type of:

   compound pendulum, physical pendulum

   pendulum consisting of an actual object allowed to rotate freely around a horizontal axis