Trajectory (disambiguation)
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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...

is the path a moving object follows through space.

Types of trajectories include:
  • Trajectory of a projectile
    Trajectory of a projectile
    In physics, the ballistic trajectory of a projectile is the path that a thrown or launched projectile will take under the action of gravity, neglecting all other forces, such as friction from air resistance, without propulsion....

  • Trajectory
    Trajectory (fluid mechanics)
    In fluid mechanics, meteorology and oceanography, a trajectory traces the motion of a single point, often called a parcel, in the flow.Trajectories are useful for tracking atmospheric contaminants, such as smoke plumes,...

     of a point in a moving fluid


Trajectory may also refer to:
  • Trajectory Hermeneutics, a liberal teaching of Christian Postmodernism
  • Trajectory optimization
    Trajectory optimization
    Trajectory optimization is the process of designing a trajectory that minimizes or maximizes some measure of performance within prescribed constraint boundaries...

    , the process of minimizing or maximizing performance
  • Trajectories (magazine), a 1980s tabloid magazine
  • Also in finance the end point from source spending (where the money goes)


In cricket, trajectory is known as flight
Flight (cricket)
Flight, also known as Loop, is a description of a kind of delivery in cricket, when a bowler makes the ball rise above eyeline, before it descends once again on its trajectory towards the batsman.Flight is a key weapon of spin bowlers...

or loop
In writing, trajectory is an informative discusstion (or map) of the various avenues texts can travel as they both affect, and are affected by, the world.
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