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Word: Trajectory
Speech Type: Noun
late 17th century: from modern Latin trajectoria (feminine), from Latin traject- ‘thrown across’, from the verb traicere, from trans- ‘across’ + jacere ‘to throw’
trəˈdʒɛkt(ə)ri
the path followed by a projectile flying or an object moving under the action of given forces
Short Definition:path followed by projectile flying or object moving under action of given forces
Examples:- the missile's trajectory was preset
- the rapid upward trajectory of Rich's career
a curve or surface cutting a family of curves or surfaces at a constant angle.
Short Definition:curve or surface cutting family of curves
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