Traject

//tɹəˈd͡ʒɛkt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A place for passing across; a passage; a ferry. obsolete

    "What notes and garments he doth give thee, Bring to the traject, to the common ferry, Which trades to Venice."

  2. 2
    The act of trajecting; trajection. obsolete
  3. 3
    A trajectory. obsolete

    "a mental traject from world to world"

Verb
  1. 1
    To throw or cast through, over, or across. transitive

    "[H]is Beams have much less of the Atmosphere to Traject in their Passage to our Eyes"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin trāiectus, from trāiciō: compare French trajet.

Etymology 2

From Latin trāiectus, from trāiciō: compare French trajet.

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