trajectory

trayectoria

Camino que sigue algo al moverse, especialmente por el aire.

En inglés sencillo: The path something follows as it moves, especially through the air.

• The ball followed a curved trajectory.
• Wind changed the arrow’s trajectory.
• They calculated the rocket’s trajectory before launch.

Cómo se usa: the trajectory of something (We measured the trajectory of the ball.)

Sinónimos: path, course

Expresiones frecuentes: flight trajectory, trajectory of something, change trajectory, spacecraft trajectory

trayectoria

Serie de estados por los que pasa un sistema a medida que cambia con el tiempo.

En inglés sencillo: The series of states a changing system passes through over time.

• The model predicts the system’s trajectory.
• Different initial states produce different trajectories.
• We plotted the trajectory through phase space.

Expresiones frecuentes: system trajectory, phase trajectory, trajectory through something