Ballistic

Bal·lis·tic

Ballistic

a.
  1. Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of hurling stones or missile weapons by means of an engine.
  2. Pertaining to ballistics{2}, or to a projectile in a gravitational field.
  3. frenzied; very angry; -- used mostly in the phrase go ballistic. [Colloq.]

Phrases & Compounds
Ballistic pendulum
an instrument consisting of a mass of wood or other material suspended as a pendulum, for measuring the force and velocity of projectiles by means of the arc through which their impact impels it.