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{{More citations needed|date=April 2009}} [[File:Schlieren Video Of Shotshell Transitional Intermediate Ballistics - Nathan Boor of Aimed Research.ogv|thumb|Schlieren High-Speed Video Of Shotshell Transitional Intermediate Ballistics.]] '''Transitional ballistics''', also known as '''intermediate ballistics''',<ref name="britannica">[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/50672/ballistics Ballistics] at Encyclopædia Britannica Online, Accessed April 27, 2009</ref> is the study of a [[projectile]]'s behavior from the time it leaves the [[muzzle (firearm)|muzzle]] until the pressure behind the projectile is equalized, so it lies between [[internal ballistics]] and [[external ballistics]].<ref>[http://class.phys.psu.edu/p001projects/Project3/Spr07/48%20%20FinalPresentation.ppt Physics 001 The Science of Ballistics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222224321/http://class.phys.psu.edu/p001projects/Project3/Spr07/48%20%20FinalPresentation.ppt |date=2012-02-22 }} accessed Apr 27, 2009</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Geurtjens|first=Jeremy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u4bgDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Transitional+ballistics%22+-wikipedia&pg=PT197|title=Practical Long Range Shooting: Long Range Shooting Skills For The Practical Shooter|date=2019-03-26|publisher=Skill At Arms Limited|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Denny|first=Mark|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H0yt17cHgeQC&dq=%22Transitional+ballistics%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA77|title=Their Arrows Will Darken the Sun: The Evolution and Science of Ballistics|date=2011-04-29|publisher=JHU Press|isbn=978-0-8018-9981-2|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Dutelle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nUSJCwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Transitional+ballistics%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA299|title=An Introduction to Crime Scene Investigation|date=2016-01-20|publisher=Jones & Bartlett Publishers|isbn=978-1-284-10814-9|language=en}}</ref>
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