TRAJECTED

Verb

trajected

simple past tense and past participle of traject

Source: Wiktionary


TRAJECT

Tra*ject", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trajected; p. pr. & vb. n. Trajecting.] Etym: [L. trajectus, p. p. of trajicere to throw across; trans across + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.]

Definition: To throw or cast through, over, or across; as, to traject the sun's light through three or more cross prisms. [R.] Sir I. Newton.

Traj"ect, n. Etym: [L. trajectus, fr. trajicere: cf. F. trajet, OF. traject. See Traject, v. t.]

1. A place for passing across; a passage; a ferry. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

2. The act of trajecting; trajection.

3. A trajectory. [R.] I. Taylor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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