trajectory
[noun]
Synonyms: path, course, flight path, line, route, track

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tra‧jec‧to‧ry /trəˈdʒektəri/ noun (plural trajectories) [countable]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Modern Latin; Origin: trajectoria, from Latin trajectus, past participle of traicere 'to cause to cross', from trans- ( ⇒ trans-) + jacere 'to throw']

1. technical the curved path of an object that has been fired or thrown through the air

2. formal the events that happen during a period of time, which often lead to a particular aim or result:
The decision was certain to affect the trajectory of French politics for some time to come.

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