trajectory
noun
[ trəˈdʒɛkt(ə)ri ]
• the path followed by a projectile flying or an object moving under the action of given forces.
• "the missile's trajectory was preset"
Similar:
course,
route,
path,
track,
line,
orbit,
flight,
flight path,
ambit,
direction,
bearing,
orientation,
way,
tack,
approach,
• a curve or surface cutting a family of curves or surfaces at a constant angle.
Origin:
late 17th century: from modern Latin trajectoria (feminine), from Latin traject- ‘thrown across’, from the verb traicere, from trans- ‘across’ + jacere ‘to throw’.
