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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BALLISTA

From Latin, ultimately from Greek ballein to throw.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BALLISTA

ballista  [bəˈlɪstə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BALLISTA

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ballista is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BALLISTA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ballista

Ballista

The ballista, plural ballistae, was an ancient missile weapon that launched a large projectile at a distant target. Developed from earlier Greek weapons, it relied upon different mechanics, using two levers with torsion springs instead of a prod, the springs consisting of several loops of twisted skeins. Early versions projected heavy darts or spherical stone projectiles of various sizes for siege warfare. It developed into a smaller sniper weapon, the scorpio, and possibly the polybolos.

Definition of ballista in the English dictionary

The definition of ballista in the dictionary is an ancient catapult for hurling stones, etc. Other definition of ballista is an ancient form of large crossbow used to propel a spear.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BALLISTA


arbalister
ˈɑːbəˌlɪstə
blacklister
ˈblækˌlɪstə
blister
ˈblɪstə
clyster
ˈklɪstə
enlister
ɪnˈlɪstə
fidelista
ˌfiːdeˈlɪstə
filister
ˈfɪlɪstə
fillester
ˈfɪlɪstə
fillister
ˈfɪlɪstə
frugalista
ˌfruːɡəˈlɪstə
glister
ˈɡlɪstə
klister
ˈklɪstə
lister
ˈlɪstə
manchester
ˈmæntʃɪstə
minister
ˈmɪnɪstə
mister
ˈmɪstə
Mr
ˈmɪstə
register
ˈrɛdʒɪstə
sister
ˈsɪstə
vista
ˈvɪstə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BALLISTA

balletic
balletically
balletomane
balletomania
ballflower
ballgown
ballhandling
ballhawk
ballicatter
Balliol
ballistae
ballistic
ballistic galvanometer
ballistic missile
ballistically
ballistics
ballistite
ballistospore
ballocks
ballon

WORDS THAT END LIKE BALLISTA

arista
autopista
barista
Batista
Boa Vista
Buena Vista
camorrista
crista
fashionista
genista
Guardianista
recessionista
sacahuista
San Juan Bautista
Sandinista
turista
vedutista

Synonyms and antonyms of ballista in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ballista» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BALLISTA

Find out the translation of ballista to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ballista from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ballista» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

balista
570 millions of speakers

English

ballista
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Ballista
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منجنيق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

баллисты
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ballista
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বড়ো বড়ো প্রস্তরখন্ড নিক্ষেপ করার জন্য প্রাচীনকালে ব্যবহৃত একরকমের যন্ত্র
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

baliste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ballista
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ballista
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

バリスタ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

발리스타
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ballista
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ballista
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கற்களை எதிரியின் மீது எரியும் ஒருவகை பொறி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बॅलिस्टा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mancınık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ballista
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

balisty
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

балісти
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Ballista
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βαλλίστρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geschut
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ballista
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ballista
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ballista

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BALLISTA»

The term «ballista» is regularly used and occupies the 83.181 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BALLISTA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ballista

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BALLISTA»

Discover the use of ballista in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ballista and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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InfoWorld
Using Ballista's Custom Auditing Packet Engine (CAPE) and Custom Attack Scripting Language (CASL), you can create known or custom attacks to audit your network security. With an "attack" machine running CAPE and CASL from outside ...
2
Scouting
Under the watchful eyes of the judge, their ballista began to take shape. Forty-five minutes later they were ready for some practice shots, to test how far and how accurately their ballista could launch a tennis ball. The boys argued awhile about  ...
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Roman Artillery
ballista. The Vitruvian stone-thrower, the ballista, has been left until last because it is more complex than the bolt-shooter and because there are no archaeological finds of parts. The catapult has to be reconstructed from the text of Vitruvius, the ...
Alan Wilkins, 2003
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Catapult Design, Construction and Competition with the ...
Perhaps a better source for the dimensions of an ancient ballista might have been the Roman author Vitruvius who discusses them in his book DE ARCHITECTURA (Book X, Chapter XI) . Vitruvius wrote that all ballistae and catapultae are to ...
‎2006
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Weapons: A Pictorial History
A ballista could outrange an onager. So, while the "wild ass" was lobbing headsize rocks just over the walls, the ballista was plunking boulders well into the center of the town. You may read that the ballista was an oversize crossbow and in ...
‎1999
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Index Universalis Multilingualis: Deutsch - Französisch - ...
Ballei = Burghof - cour d'un château-fort — bailey, 1/79 Balleisen = Flachmeißel - ciseau plat -firmer chisel, 10/159 Ballen — biseau — bevel, 10/149 ballista - ballista / lithobolos / palintonon - Balliste - catapulte, 1/179 ballista for hurling ...
K. G. Saur Verlag GmbH & Company, Walter De Gruyter, 2003
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Runescape - Castle Wars: Castle Wars Images, Ballista Ammo, ...
This book consists of articles from Wikia or other free sources online.
Source: Wikia, 2012
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Articles on Ancient Artillery, Including: Catapult, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Hephaestus Books, 2011
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Dependability Benchmarking for Computer Systems
The carryover was so pervasive that the only way repeatable results could be obtained was to install an automated reset box that completely reset the test hardware be— tween each and every single Ballista test nm. The fact that other systems ...
Karama Kanoun, Lisa Spainhower, 2008
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The Amber Road
Sent by rightful ruler Gallienus to Hyperborea to raise an army against the pretender Postumus, Ballista overcomes an attacking warlord only to encounter hostility in his hometown. By the best-selling author of Fire in the East.
Harry Sidebottom, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BALLISTA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ballista is used in the context of the following news items.
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Introducing Ballista: Bontrager's new aero road helmet
Bontrager has just released it's top of the line aerodynamic road helmet, Ballista. With less drag and more airflow, the sleek performance helmet ... «Triathlon Magazine Canada, Jul 15»
2
The Bontrager Ballista helmet
A few days before the 2015 Tour de France Bontrager finally unveiled the Ballista aero road helmet. Prototypes of it have been out a while now ... «Slowtwitch, Jul 15»
3
Catch Up Corner Review- Castle Storm: Definitive Edition
Despite the first Donkey Rider picking up the flag, he's far from safe as the enemy's ballista has no intention in losing their castle's banner. «Power Up Gaming, Jul 15»
4
Bontrager Ballista aero road helmet officially launched
As with many other aero road helmets, the Ballista sports a trim and tightly fitting profile that tapers down dramatically out back. According to ... «BikeRadar.com, Jun 15»
5
Sam and Logan Leppo of Lawrenceville with some of the toys that …
At the age of seven, Logan even made a ballista, a Greek siege weapon, from wood he found in his yard. As they got older, their grandfather ... «Packet Online, Jun 15»
6
Toylogic wants Happy Dungeons to make dungeon crawling into a …
XBLA Fans even had the opportunity to do some light building during the game's E3 demo; we constructed a ballista to inflict heavy damage on ... «XBLA Fans, Jun 15»
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Immersed in Movies: Exploring 'Dragons: Race to the Edge' on Netflix
We thought she's a bit more militarily minded than Hiccup is and more of a practical person and has armored her house and put a ballista on ... «Indie Wire, Jun 15»
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Into the Breach: The Cavalier
This per se is awesome, though I wished the catapults sported proper interaction with minimum crew-size – as written, the non-light-ballista ... «NERD TREK, Jun 15»
9
I Stood Here for Rome
“Such a launcher (ballista) of 8m long could have lunched a basalt ball of about 18 kg to a distance of 350m, and indeed some of those basalt ... «Popular Archaeology, Jun 15»
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How Total War: Warhammer is Drawing from the Tabletop Game's …
The only artillery seen was a Goblin flyer, who was launched out of a ballista-type device (flown manually by the player via glide suit) and into ... «Overmental, Jun 15»

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