Definition of "trajectory" []

• The path of a projectile or other moving body through space. (noun)
• A chosen or taken course: "What died with [the assassinated leaders] was a moral trajectory, a style of aspiration” ( Lance Morrow). (noun)
• Mathematics A curve that cuts all of a given family of curves or surfaces at the same angle. (noun)

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• "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)."
• "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."