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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.
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.
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)
- (obsolete) A place for passing across; a passage; a ferry.
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- (obsolete) The act of trajecting; trajection.
- (obsolete) A trajectory.
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Verb
traject (third-person singular simple present trajects, present participle trajecting, simple past and past participle trajected)
- (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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