Trajectory definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary TRAJECT'ORY, n. The orbit ... the path followed by an object moving through space [syn: trajectory, flight] Merriam Webster's noun (plural -ries) Etymology: New Latin ... a path, progression, or line of development resembling a physical trajectory < an upward career trajectory > U.S. Military Dictionary See ballistic trajectory. Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (pl. -ies) 1 the path described ... traicere traject- (as TRANS-, jacere throw) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Trajectory Tra*ject"o*ry, n.; pl. Trajectories. [Cf. F. ...
ballistic trajectory definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the trajectory of an object in free flight [syn: ballistics, ballistic trajectory] U.S. Military Dictionary (*) The trajectory traced after the propulsive force is terminated and the body ...
... the path followed by an object moving through space [syn: trajectory, flight] 8: a flock of flying birds 9: a scheduled ... a flight of fancy; a flight of ambition). 6 the trajectory and pace of a ball in games. 7 the distance ... 11 swift passage (of time). --v.tr. 1 vary the trajectory and pace of (a cricket-ball etc.). 2 provide (an ... air force, take flight, test flight, throng, tidy sum, traject, trajectory, trajet, transmigration, trek, trend, trip, turn, upward motion, velocity, velocity ...
... U.S. Military Dictionary The point at which a missile trajectory or a satellite orbit is farthest from the center of ... spire, summit, the whole, tidy step, tip, tip-top, top, trajectory, upmost, upper extremity, uppermost, utmost, utmost extent, uttermost, vernal equinox ...
... a missile guided in the ascent of a high-arch trajectory and freely falling in the descent U.S. Military Dictionary ... aerodynamic surfaces to produce lift and consequently follows a ballistic trajectory when thrust is terminated. See also aerodynamic missile; guided missile ...
... cross-bow. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the trajectory of an object in free flight [syn: ballistics, ballistic trajectory] 2: the science of flight dynamics Merriam Webster's noun ...