Trajectory
noun
The path that something moving in the air or through space, like a missile or an asteroid, takes as it moves.
The meteorologists were able to predict the trajectory of the hurricane.
Often appears as...
- predict the trajectory
- follow the trajectory
noun
A particular process or series of events leading to a result.
His career followed a familiar trajectory, from local reporter to national news anchor.
Often appears as...
- career trajectory
- trajectory of events
noun
In mathematics and physics, trajectory refers to the path that a moving object follows through space as a function of time.
In physics class, we studied the trajectory of a projectile in free fall.
Often appears as...
- projectile trajectory
- calculate the trajectory
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Academic
noun
In social science, trajectory refers to the developmental path taken by individuals, families, or societies.
The professor talked about the social trajectory of immigrant communities in the lecture.
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- social trajectory
- developmental trajectory
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Academic
noun
The path that something moving in the air or through space, like a missile or an asteroid, takes as it moves.
The meteorologists were able to predict the trajectory of the hurricane.
Often appears as...
- predict the trajectory
- follow the trajectory
noun
A particular process or series of events leading to a result.
His career followed a familiar trajectory, from local reporter to national news anchor.
Often appears as...
- career trajectory
- trajectory of events
noun
In mathematics and physics, trajectory refers to the path that a moving object follows through space as a function of time.
In physics class, we studied the trajectory of a projectile in free fall.
Often appears as...
- projectile trajectory
- calculate the trajectory
Usage tips
Technical
Academic
noun
In social science, trajectory refers to the developmental path taken by individuals, families, or societies.
The professor talked about the social trajectory of immigrant communities in the lecture.
Often appears as...
- social trajectory
- developmental trajectory
Usage tips
Technical
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Movement
Understand 'trajectory' as describing the visible path an object takes through air or space.
Observing the rocket's trajectory helped them understand its destination.
Pro Tip 2/2Predictable Path
'Trajectory' often implies a path that can be predicted or calculated based on physics.
Scientists computed the asteroid's trajectory to assess if it was a threat.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Movement
Understand 'trajectory' as describing the visible path an object takes through air or space.
Observing the rocket's trajectory helped them understand its destination.
Pro Tip 2/2Predictable Path
'Trajectory' often implies a path that can be predicted or calculated based on physics.
Scientists computed the asteroid's trajectory to assess if it was a threat.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Movement
Understand 'trajectory' as describing the visible path an object takes through air or space.
Observing the rocket's trajectory helped them understand its destination.
Pro Tip 2/2Predictable Path
'Trajectory' often implies a path that can be predicted or calculated based on physics.
Scientists computed the asteroid's trajectory to assess if it was a threat.
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The Doctor Who Can...
passionate about it i gave it a go and there are lots of really good reasons some of those choices could have been really daft and were in retrospect but each time i made a daft choice it did open up doors to the next one and so your trajectory and your plan does not have to be this linear thing you organize
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Ken Goldberg: 4 lessons...
they're all noisy and imperfect -- and we extract from them an inferred task trajectory and control sequence for the robot. We then execute that on the robot, we observe what happens, then we adjust the controls, using a sequence of techniques called iterative learning.
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Is the world getting...
You can always fool yourself into seeing a decline if you compare bleeding headlines of the present with rose-tinted images of the past. What does the trajectory of the world look like when we measure well-being over time using a constant yardstick?
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Wendy Suzuki: The...
And that is, bringing exercise in your life will not only give you a happier, more protective life today, but it will protect your brain from incurable diseases. And in this way it will change the trajectory of your life for the better.
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Nationalism vs....
it won't be easy for an unemployed truck driver to reinvent himself or herself as a designer of virtual worlds. Previously, if you look at the trajectory of the industrial revolution, when machines replaced humans in one type of work,
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Shedding light on dark...
deflect not only the trajectory of particles but will deflect light itself so this light ray will not continue in a straight line but would rather band and could end up going into our eye where will this observer see the galaxy you
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NASA Trailblazer:...
calculating trajectories for mercury missions and project apollo catherine johnson was so good at what she did they needed her as an engineer when they had briefings i asked permission to go and they said well the girls don't
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Why giving away our...
Well, I really think that most people here and many millions around the world are just in awe of the trajectory your lives have taken and the spectacular degree to which you have shaped the future.
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The Khan Academy PIPE...
changed the trajectory of my entire life because without it I don't think I ever really would have been inspired to to learn to love to love science I ended up graduating as
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Can we create new senses...
to go out and define our own trajectory. So the question now is, how do you want to go out and experience your universe? Thank you.
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The Doctor Who Can...
passionate about it i gave it a go and there are lots of really good reasons some of those choices could have been really daft and were in retrospect but each time i made a daft choice it did open up doors to the next one and so your trajectory and your plan does not have to be this linear thing you organize
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Ken Goldberg: 4 lessons...
they're all noisy and imperfect -- and we extract from them an inferred task trajectory and control sequence for the robot. We then execute that on the robot, we observe what happens, then we adjust the controls, using a sequence of techniques called iterative learning.
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Is the world getting...
You can always fool yourself into seeing a decline if you compare bleeding headlines of the present with rose-tinted images of the past. What does the trajectory of the world look like when we measure well-being over time using a constant yardstick?
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Wendy Suzuki: The...
And that is, bringing exercise in your life will not only give you a happier, more protective life today, but it will protect your brain from incurable diseases. And in this way it will change the trajectory of your life for the better.
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Nationalism vs....
it won't be easy for an unemployed truck driver to reinvent himself or herself as a designer of virtual worlds. Previously, if you look at the trajectory of the industrial revolution, when machines replaced humans in one type of work,
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Shedding light on dark...
deflect not only the trajectory of particles but will deflect light itself so this light ray will not continue in a straight line but would rather band and could end up going into our eye where will this observer see the galaxy you
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NASA Trailblazer:...
calculating trajectories for mercury missions and project apollo catherine johnson was so good at what she did they needed her as an engineer when they had briefings i asked permission to go and they said well the girls don't
Video examples
Why giving away our...
Well, I really think that most people here and many millions around the world are just in awe of the trajectory your lives have taken and the spectacular degree to which you have shaped the future.
Video examples
The Khan Academy PIPE...
changed the trajectory of my entire life because without it I don't think I ever really would have been inspired to to learn to love to love science I ended up graduating as
Video examples
Can we create new senses...
to go out and define our own trajectory. So the question now is, how do you want to go out and experience your universe? Thank you.
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Pawel Pawlikowski
Polish Director
A good script is like a work of art in itself. I've read hundreds of scripts, and good ones are very rare. If the writer has something to say, and a voice, and a plot that matches character, and an emotional trajectory that works, then I'd be an idiot to fool around with it. It's just that few scripts ever are like that.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
Some asteroids have us in their sights. Be nice to sort of go near them and find out what they're made of, possibly tag their ears so they're always broadcasting to us their location. In case one of their trajectories head straight for us, we'll know well in advance to do something about it.
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Riz Ahmed
British Musician
Trajectories aren't linear. Life's just a roller coaster. If you're getting a chance to do cool stuff, and it's varied stuff, just enjoy it. I guess I'm a believer in the randomness of life rather than it being a linear trajectory or an arc, a consistent smooth arc, towards anything.
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Lake Bell
American Actress
I feel very comfortable with my trajectory because I do have a life; I can go on the subway, you know? And I've been able to do that my entire career, and I have friends who are huge movie stars and can't go on the subway, and I feel like that sucks.
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Patrick Collison
Irish Businessman
If you want to hire the best people, the best people are already doing pretty impressive things. They have their life plans, their picture for what they want to be doing. To figure out a way in which those trajectories align really takes time.
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Kara DioGuardi
American Musician
I've never in my life bought a big piece of jewelry - like, 'I'm gonna get myself a big piece of jewelry!' Songwriters' lives are unstable and up and down. Even though mine has sort of has followed more of a going toward the sky trajectory.
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Yandel
Puerto Rican Musician
Wisin is my brother. He always will be my brother. We are very happy as solo artists. We had a great musical trajectory together, which will be there forever. And for the future, we won't discard reuniting and making something new.
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Nat Wolff
American Actor
I've been kind of lucky. I've always just kind of followed whatever my passion was, and that seems to have led me to better places than if I had followed some career trajectory, which I wouldn't even know how to start.
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Zadie Smith
British Novelist
English fiction was something I loved growing up, and it changed my life - it changed the trajectory of my life.
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Kevin Pollak
American Actor
I think it's important that your first film be your worst film, that one's life trajectory should go up.
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Pawel Pawlikowski
Polish Director
A good script is like a work of art in itself. I've read hundreds of scripts, and good ones are very rare. If the writer has something to say, and a voice, and a plot that matches character, and an emotional trajectory that works, then I'd be an idiot to fool around with it. It's just that few scripts ever are like that.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
Some asteroids have us in their sights. Be nice to sort of go near them and find out what they're made of, possibly tag their ears so they're always broadcasting to us their location. In case one of their trajectories head straight for us, we'll know well in advance to do something about it.
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Riz Ahmed
British Musician
Trajectories aren't linear. Life's just a roller coaster. If you're getting a chance to do cool stuff, and it's varied stuff, just enjoy it. I guess I'm a believer in the randomness of life rather than it being a linear trajectory or an arc, a consistent smooth arc, towards anything.
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Lake Bell
American Actress
I feel very comfortable with my trajectory because I do have a life; I can go on the subway, you know? And I've been able to do that my entire career, and I have friends who are huge movie stars and can't go on the subway, and I feel like that sucks.
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Patrick Collison
Irish Businessman
If you want to hire the best people, the best people are already doing pretty impressive things. They have their life plans, their picture for what they want to be doing. To figure out a way in which those trajectories align really takes time.
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Kara DioGuardi
American Musician
I've never in my life bought a big piece of jewelry - like, 'I'm gonna get myself a big piece of jewelry!' Songwriters' lives are unstable and up and down. Even though mine has sort of has followed more of a going toward the sky trajectory.
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Yandel
Puerto Rican Musician
Wisin is my brother. He always will be my brother. We are very happy as solo artists. We had a great musical trajectory together, which will be there forever. And for the future, we won't discard reuniting and making something new.
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Nat Wolff
American Actor
I've been kind of lucky. I've always just kind of followed whatever my passion was, and that seems to have led me to better places than if I had followed some career trajectory, which I wouldn't even know how to start.
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Zadie Smith
British Novelist
English fiction was something I loved growing up, and it changed my life - it changed the trajectory of my life.
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Kevin Pollak
American Actor
I think it's important that your first film be your worst film, that one's life trajectory should go up.
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