Word: ballistics
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ba
lli
stics
Definition: The science of objects that predominantly fly under the effects of gravity, momentum and atmospheric drag, and dealing with details of their behaviour at the origin and destination of their flight, as of bullets or missiles or rockets.
Morphemes:
Affix: ballistic
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Or relating to projectiles moving under their own momentum, air drag, gravity and sometimes rocket power
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ballista
Language: la
Decoded: ballista
Meaning: a military siege engine for throwing stones
Affix: -ic
Language: en
Decoded: -ic
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning “of or pertaining to”.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plurals of numerals, letters, some abbreviations and some nouns, usually because the omission of an apostrophe would make the meaning unclear or ambiguous.