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   Tra·jec·to·ry

   /trəˈjekt(ə)rē/

   

   noun

   • 1. the path followed by a projectile flying or an object moving under the action of given forces: "the missile's trajectory was preset"
   • 2. a curve or surface cutting a family of curves or surfaces at a constant angle.

   Word Origin late 17th century: from modern Latin trajectoria (feminine), from Latin traject- ‘thrown across’, from the verb traicere, from trans- ‘across’ + jacere ‘to throw’.

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