What is a ballis?

What is a ballis?

ballast – A device required by electric-discharge light sources such as fluorescent or HID lamps to regulate voltage and current supplied to the lamp during start and throughout operation.

What does our ballistic mean?

1 : extremely and usually suddenly excited, upset, or angry : wild He went ballistic when he saw the dent in his car. and the crowd goes ballistic.

What is a synonym for ballast?

To balance, or bring into equilibrium. equilibrate. balance. counterbalance.

Can a fluorescent light work without a ballast?

Reverted question “ Can I make a fluorescent light work without a ballast?” yes, you can, but you need something to reduce the current as the bulb warms up. So, you can drive a fluorescent with a pulse width adjustable power supply, but this is what is in an ‘electronic’ ballast.

What are ballistic weapons?

Ballistic Weapons are weapon systems broadly categorized as those which fire a tangible projectile (ie, not a directed energy weapon such as a laser or PPC) that typically is unpowered (as opposed to missiles) and typically unguided.

Has gone ballistic meaning?

1 : to become very angry Dad went ballistic when he saw the dent in his car. 2 US : to become very excited The crowd was going ballistic as the runner took the lead.

What is a ballast in a boat?

Ballast is material that is used to provide stability to a vehicle or structure. A compartment within a boat, ship, submarine, or other floating structure that holds water is called a ballast tank. Water should move in and out from the ballast tank to balance the ship.

What is the nautical definition of ballast?

noun. Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.

What happens if you don’t use ballast?

Without a ballast, a lamp or a bulb will rapidly increase its current draw and it can become uncontrollable as well. When a ballast is present in a lamp, the power becomes stable, and even if such lamps are connected to high power sources, the ballast will regulate the energy and avoid the current rise.

Are bombs ballistics?

Ballistics is the field of mechanics concerned with the launching, flight behavior and impact effects of projectiles, especially ranged weapon munitions such as bullets, unguided bombs, rockets or the like; the science or art of designing and accelerating projectiles so as to achieve a desired performance.