TRAJECTORY

Trajectory

A trajectory is the path that a moving object follows through space as a function of time. The object might be a projectile or a satellite, for example. It thus includes the meaning of orbit—the path of a planet, an asteroid or a comet as it travels around a central mass. A trajectory can be described mathematically either by the geometry of the path, or as the position of the object over time.

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trajectory

Noun

  1. The path of a body as it travels through space.
  2. The ordered set of intermediate states assumed by a dynamical system as a result of time evolution.
  3. Metaphorically, a course of development, such as that of a war or career.


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