trajectory

IPA: trʌdʒˈɛktɝi

The path an object takes as it moves.
(astronomy, space science) The path of a body as it travels through space.
(cybernetics) The ordered set of intermediate states assumed by a dynamical system as a result of time evolution.
(figuratively) A course of development, such as that of a war or career.

Examples of "trajectory" in Sentences

Her impact on my professional trajectory is unquestionable.
I agree that the learning trajectory is essentially learner ‘designed’, learner motivated, and idiosyncratic.
He said the trajectory is actually better coming out of this recession than those in the past but that it will take time for things to feel as if they 've improved.
If the later trajectory is chosen, heads of states and leaders from the private sector will soon realize that there are also major political, social and economic benefits to it: creating sustainable value.
This depleted free-roaming populations and added to swelling populations of captive horses and burros whose care and management consumes nearly three-quarters of the program's entire budget, putting it on a long-term trajectory of financial ruin.
For example, in the context of the spectral decomposition version of the modal interpretation, Bacciagaluppi, Donald, and Vermaas (1995) show that the ˜trajectory™ (through Hilbert space) of the spectral components of the reduced state of a physical system will, under reasonable conditions, be continuous, or have only isolated discontinuities (so that the trajectory can be naturally extended to a continuous trajectory).