tra|ject

tra|ject
tra|ject «verb. truh JEHKT; noun. TRAJ ehkt», verb, noun.
–v.t.
1. to throw across; cast over: »

A persistent temptation to administer the sacramental wafer to his parishioners' lips by standing back two or three feet and trajecting it in a lovely arc over his left shoulder (J. D. Salinger).

2. to transmit (as thoughts or words).
–n.
1. a way or place for crossing over; means of passage; route: »

The motorcade followed the logical traject: straight along Main Street (Time).

2. an act of crossing over; passage: »

During the whole traject I met with no living thing (Edmund O'Donovan).

╂[< Latin trājectus, past participle of trājicere < trāns- across + jacere to throw]

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  • traject — tra•ject [[t]trəˈdʒɛkt[/t]] v. t. to transmit • Etymology: 1545–55; < L trājectus, ptp. of trāicere to throw or across =trā , var. of trāns trans + icere, comb. form of jacere to throw tra•jec′tion, n …   From formal English to slang

  • Traject — Tra*ject , v. 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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Trajected — Traject Tra*ject , v. 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Trajecting — Traject Tra*ject , v. 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Trajectories — Trajectory Tra*ject o*ry, n.; pl. {Trajectories}. [Cf. F. trajectoire.] The curve which a body describes in space, as a planet or comet in its orbit, or stone thrown upward obliquely in the air. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Trajectory — Tra*ject o*ry, n.; pl. {Trajectories}. [Cf. F. trajectoire.] The curve which a body describes in space, as a planet or comet in its orbit, or stone thrown upward obliquely in the air. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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