traject
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- trajection noun
Etymology
Origin of traject
1545–55; < Latin trājectus (past participle of trāicere to cast, throw over or across), equivalent to trā- (variant of trāns- trans- ) + -jec- (combining form of jacere to throw) + -tus past participle suffix
Example Sentences
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Let this trajected part of that Light fall again upon the middle of the second Board de, and there paint such an oblong coloured Image of the Sun as was described in the third Experiment.
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As we could not expect to commence the traject of the dreaded plateau immediately, I resolved to go upon a visit to the village of Western Ghareeah.
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The Spirit and Chorus of the Years traject themselves, closely followed by the Spirit and Chorus of the Pities, the Spirits and Choruses Sinister and Ironic, Rumours, Spirit Messengers, and the Recording Angel.
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Then I placed another prism behind this second board, so that the light trajected through both the boards might pass through that also, and be again refracted before it arrived at the wall.
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What we divide and measure is the track of the movement once accomplished, not the movement itself: it is the trajectory, not the traject.
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