Trajectory
[trə'dʒekt(ə)rɪ;'trædʒɪkt(ə)rɪ] or [trə'dʒɛktəri]
Definition
(noun.) the path followed by an object moving through space.
Checked by Lanny--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The curve which a body describes in space, as a planet or comet in its orbit, or stone thrown upward obliquely in the air.
Editor: Megan
Definition
n. the curve described by a body (as a planet or a projectile) under the action of given forces.—v.t. Traject′ to throw across.—ns. Traj′ect a ferry: transmission; Trajec′tion a crossing.
Editor: Lorna
Examples
- He was overcome by the trajectory. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The extreme height of its trajectory would be 30,516 feet, or nearly six miles. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I would recognize them because of their flat trajectory. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Checker: Rowena