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Webster 1913 Edition


Traject

Tra-ject′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Trajected
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Trajecting
.]
[L.
trajectus
, p. p. of
trajicere
to throw across;
trans
across +
jacere
to throw. See
Jet
a shooting forth.]
To throw or cast through, over, or across;
as, to
traject
the sun’s light through three or more cross prisms
.
[R.]
Sir I. Newton.

Traj′ect

,
Noun.
[L.
trajectus
, fr.
trajicere
: cf. F.
trajet
, OF.
traject
. See
Traject
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
A place for passing across; a passage; a ferry.
[Obs.]
Cotgrave.
2.
The act of trajecting; trajection.
3.
A trajectory.
[R.]
I. Taylor.

Webster 1828 Edition


Traject

TRAJECT'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. trajectus,trajicio; trans and jacio, to throw.]
To throw or cast through; as, to traject the sun's light through three or more cross prisms.

Definition 2024


traject

traject

English

Noun

traject (plural trajects)

  1. (obsolete) A place for passing across; a passage; a ferry.
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  2. (obsolete) The act of trajecting; trajection.
  3. (obsolete) A trajectory.
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Verb

traject (third-person singular simple present trajects, present participle trajecting, simple past and past participle trajected)

  1. (transitive) To throw or cast through, over, or across.
    to traject the sun's light through three or more cross prisms
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Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

traject n (plural trajecten, diminutive trajectje n)

  1. route