SAT vocabulary
Trajectory
The path followed by a projectile flying or an object moving under the action of given forces; a path or course.
Example
"The physicist calculated the trajectory of the satellite as it orbited the Earth."
Etymology
From Latin 'trans-' (across) + 'jacere' (to throw).
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