Ballistic Identification (Noun)
Meaning
Identification of the gun that fired a bullet from an analysis of the unique marks that every gun makes on the bullet it fires and on the shell ejected from it.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The ballistic identification expert testified in court that the bullet found at the crime scene matched the defendant's gun.
- The police used ballistic identification to link the bullet from the victim to the suspect's firearm.
- Ballistic identification analysis revealed that the same gun was used in multiple crimes in the city.
- The lab used specialized equipment for ballistic identification, which compared the bullet's striations to those on a test bullet fired from the suspect's gun.
- After conducting a thorough ballistic identification, investigators confirmed that the shell casings found at the scene came from the same gun that fired the fatal shot.