trajectory

Meaning

1. The path an object takes as it moves.
2. The path of a body as it travels through space.
3. The ordered set of intermediate states assumed by a dynamical system as a result of time evolution.
4. (figuratively) A course of development, such as that of a war or career.

Synonyms

course

path

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track

route

pathway

flight

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line

circuit

flight path

raceway

railway

range

rink

routing

spur

step

trail

line of flight

rail line

data track

ballistic curve

creep path

alley

path line

arc

itinerary

lane

locus

orbit

piste

racecourse

racetrack

Translations

trajectoire

Flugbahn

trayectoria

traiettoria

τροχιά

trajetória

kogelbaan

trajet

baan

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trajectòria

Bahn

Trajektorie

مسار

via

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɹəˈd͡ʒɛktəɹɪ/

Etymology

Cognate with Middle French: -

Cognate with Middle English: -

Cognate with Latin: trāiectōrium

In summary

From New Latin trāiectōria f (“trajectory”) (used by Newton), the feminine of trāiectōrius (“of or pertaining to throwing across”), from Latin trāiectus (“thrown over or across”), past participle of trāiciō, from trans- (“across, beyond”) (see trans-) + iaciō (“to throw”) (from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- (“to throw, impel”)). Middle French and Middle English had trajectorie (“end of a funnel”), from Latin trāiectōrium.