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tra⋅ject

  [truh-jekt]
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–verb (used with object) Archaic.
to transport, transmit, or transpose.
Origin:
1545–55; < L trājectus (ptp. of trāicere to cast, throw over or across), equiv. to trā- (var. of trāns- trans- ) + -jec- (comb. form of jacere to throw) + -tus ptp. suffix

Related forms:
tra⋅jec⋅tion, noun
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tra⋅jec⋅to⋅ry

  [truh-jek-tuh-ree]
–noun, plural -ries.
1. the curve described by a projectile, rocket, or the like in its flight.
2. Geometry. a curve or surface that cuts all the curves or surfaces of a given system at a constant angle.
Origin:
1660–70; < NL trājectōria, n. use of fem. of ML trājectōrius cast-ing over. See traject, -tory 1

Related forms:
tra⋅jec⋅tile  [truh-jek-til, -tahyl] , adjective
tra⋅jec⋅tion  [truh-jek-shuhn] , noun
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tra·ject   (trə-jěkt')   
tr.v.   tra·ject·ed, tra·ject·ing, tra·jects
To transmit.

[Latin trāicere, trāiect-, to throw across : trā-, trāns-, trans- + iacere, to throw; see yē- in Indo-European roots.]
tra·jec'tion n.
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Word Origin & History

trajectory  (n.)
1696, from Mod.L. trajectoria, from fem. of trajectorius "of or pertaining to throwing across," from L. trajectus "thrown over or across," pp. of trajicere "throw across," from L. trans- "across" + icere, combining form of jacere "to throw" (see jet). Used in L.L. and M.E. to mean "a funnel."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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