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Definition of trajectory - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun
1.
developmentcourse of development like a career or event
- Her career trajectory has been impressive.
2.
physicspath followed by a moving object through space
- The trajectory of the comet was visible in the night sky..
3.
cyberneticsTECH. ordered set of states in a system's evolutionTECH.
- The robot's trajectory was mapped for efficiency.
Expressions with trajectory
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overall path of jobs and progress across someone's working life
Her career trajectory shifted from engineering to project management after graduate school.
moving towards a worse state or condition
The company's profits have been on a downward trajectory for three years.
path of an object in free flight
The missile followed a ballistic trajectory.
firing with a straight path to the target
The tank used flat trajectory fire to hit the bunker.
Origin of trajectory
Latin, trajectus (thrown across)
Terms with trajectory included in their meaning
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motion
spin making the trajectory of an object curve
sports
skill in judging the trajectory of a ball
trajectory
path followed by a projectile
cricket
move sideways in its trajectory
aviation
trajectory of an aircraft or rocket through the air
space trajectory
orbit relatively close to Earth's surface, typically below 2000 kilometers
sports
forceful cricket shot with a high trajectory
space
navigator responsible for spacecraft's trajectory and safety
trajectory
path of a projectile under gravity and air resistance
sports
low-trajectory shot in sports like cricket or golf
space
mechanism for spacecraft trajectory
trajectory
path an object follows through the air
sports
golf club for high trajectory shots
rocket trajectory
angle a rocket makes with the vertical
ballistics
adjustment of a projectile's trajectory for wind effects
projectile angle
angle between a projectile's axis and its trajectory
Examples of trajectory in a sentence
His educational trajectory was altered by the scholarship. The missile's trajectory was carefully calculated. They studied the trajectory of the thrown ball. The simulation displayed the trajectory of the system's changes. Analyzing the trajectory of the algorithm revealed inefficiencies.
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- French:trajectoire, ...
- German:Werdegang, Flugbahn, ...
- Italian:traiettoria, ...
- Spanish:trayectoria, ruta, ...
- Portuguese:trajetória, ...
- Chinese:发展轨迹, 轨迹, ...
- Japanese:軌跡, 軌道, ...
- Arabic:مَسار, مَسار الحَرَكة, ...
- Hebrew:מַסְלוּל, ...
- Russian:траектория, путь, ...
- Ukrainian:траєкторія, ...
- Hindi:विकास-पथ, पथ, ...
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