TRAJECTORY

trajectory, flight

(noun) the path followed by an object moving through space

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

trajectory (plural trajectories)

The path an object takes as it moves.

(astronomy, space) The path of a body as it travels through space.

(cybernetics) The ordered set of intermediate states assumed by a dynamical system as a result of time evolution.

(figuratively) A course of development, such as that of a war or career.

Source: Wiktionary


Tra*ject"o*ry, n.; pl. Trajectories. Etym: [Cf. F. trajectoire.]

Definition: The curve which a body describes in space, as a planet or comet in its orbit, or stone thrown upward obliquely in the air.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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