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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Kennedy might very well be alive had the motorcade followed the logical traject: straight along Main Street.
From Time Magazine Archive
How they have effected the traject here, and by what process, or contingency, are merely curious questions, and can never be satisfactorily answered.
From Incentives to the Study of the Ancient Period of American History An address, delivered before the New York Historical Society, at its forty-second anniversary, 17th November 1846 by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
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.
From Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by Richardson, James
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.
From A Christmas Garland by Beerbohm, Max, Sir
What we divide and measure is the track of the movement once accomplished, not the movement itself: it is the trajectory, not the traject.
From A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson by Benson, Vincent
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