Category:Traject

Tra*ject", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trajected; p. pr. & vb. n. Trajecting.] Etym: [l. trajectus, p. p. of trajicere to throw across; Trans across + jacere to throw. See jet a shooting forth.]

Defn: 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.

Traject Traj"ect, n. Etym: [l. trajectus, fr. trajicere: cf. F. trajet, of. Traject. See traject, v. 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.