trajectileadj.n.
/trəˈdʒɛktɪl//trəˈdʒɛktʌɪl/ rare.
A. adj.
a. Capable of throwing or impelling across.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [adjective] > of or relating to projectile > of forces
trajectile1838
1838 I. Taylor Home Educ. 247 A trajectile force, leaping the voids of the universe.
1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) ii. §119 Arising from this difference in the rate of rotation and the trajectile force [of a cannon].
b. Botany. (See quot. 1900.)
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having stamens or pistils > of or having stamens or male > of or having anthers and related parts
incumbent1760
versatile1760
antheral1795
antheriferous1799
monothecal1849
vacillant1860
connectival1866
trajectile1900
monothecous1945
1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms Trajectile..when the connective completely separates the anther-cells.
B. n.
A body impelled through air or space. (Cf. projectile n.)
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [noun] > throwing missiles > a projectile
cast1556
projectile1654
missile1656
forthcast1674
trajectile1860
trajectory1861
bird1913
1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) ii. §123 It [a current] should also move in a circle of trajection, or such as would be described by a trajectile moving through the air without resistance and for a great distance.
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adj.n.1838