trajectory
the curve described by a projectile, rocket, or the like in its flight.
Geometry. a curve or surface that cuts all the curves or surfaces of a given system at a constant angle.
Origin of trajectory
1Other words from trajectory
- tra·jec·tile [truh-jek-til, -tahyl], /trəˈdʒɛk tɪl, -taɪl/, adjective
- tra·jec·tion [truh-jek-shuhn], /trəˈdʒɛk ʃən/, noun
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How to use trajectory in a sentence
The trajectories of these numbers are suggestive and correlate with other things we know.
They want everybody to want the same thing, career trajectories to be the same.
‘The War on Men’ Author Suzanne Venker: I’m Misunderstood! | David Freedlander | November 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIn other words, the trajectories of the U.S. and China are moving in dramatically different directions.
It was really such an interesting conflation of these different trajectories into that singular gallery at that time.
In 1986, both Sessions and Cedarbaum were nominated to the bench, but their nominations took starkly different trajectories.
At the end of half a year Forbes was talking as much of the Bourse and Argentines as he was of projectiles and trajectories.
What Will People Say? | Rupert HughesInformation from the wire chambers defines proton trajectories, and pulse heights from the counters determine their energies.
On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969 | H. W. Fulbright et al.The PDP-9 first tries to reconstruct a vertex from the proton trajectories.
On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969 | H. W. Fulbright et al.The crew wait breathlessly while the shells reach the height of their trajectories.
Harper's Round Table, September 3, 1895 | VariousMighty projectiles hurled by land batteries were deflected off on wild trajectories.
British Dictionary definitions for trajectory
/ (trəˈdʒɛktərɪ, -trɪ) /
the path described by an object moving in air or space under the influence of such forces as thrust, wind resistance, and gravity, esp the curved path of a projectile
geometry a curve that cuts a family of curves or surfaces at a constant angle
Derived forms of trajectory
- trajectile (trəˈdʒɛktaɪl), adjective
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Scientific definitions for trajectory
[ trə-jĕk′tə-rē ]
Physics The line or curve described by an object moving through space.
Mathematics A curve or surface that passes through a given set of points or intersects a given series of curves or surfaces at a constant angle.
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