trajectories
Arcs through space
Trajectories is the plural of trajectory—the path an object follows as it moves through space.
A bullet, a thrown ball, and a spacecraft all follow trajectories determined by force and gravity.
The word extends to any course of development over time: career trajectories, the trajectory of a relationship, Her life took an unexpected trajectory after the accident.
Forward movement or promotion
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- progressionSequential forward movement
- ladderPortable climbing frame
- ambitionDesire for achievement
mentorship · networking · succession · growth · development · goals · milestones · pivot
Directed rate of motion
- accelerationRate velocity changes
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
- vectorQuantity with direction
- kinematicsStudy of movement itself
parabolic · ballistic · arc · curve · flight · spin · drag · gravity
Curved line segment
- narrativeAccount of events
- destinyPredetermined course of events
- fatePredetermined course of events
- journeyTravel from place to place
course · direction · crossroads · chapter · evolution · transformation · outcome · unfolding
Orbiting celestial body
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
- ellipticalOval-shaped or indirect
- KeplerPlanetary motion law formulator
- geostationaryFixed above one point
perigee · apogee · revolution · reentry · insertion · inclination · transfer · decay
Prediction of future conditions
- predictionForecast of coming events
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
- simulationImitation of real processes
- extrapolationExtending data beyond bounds
trend · scenario · estimation · outlook · analysis · projection · baseline · deviation
advancement
Forward movement or promotion
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- progressionSequential forward movement
- ladderPortable climbing frame
ambition · mentorship · networking · succession · growth · development · goals · milestones · pivot · setback
velocity
Directed rate of motion
- accelerationRate velocity changes
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
- vectorQuantity with direction
kinematics · parabolic · ballistic · arc · curve · flight · spin · drag · gravity · force
arc
Curved line segment
journey · course · direction · crossroads · chapter · evolution · transformation · outcome · unfolding · storyline
satellite
Orbiting celestial body
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
- ellipticalOval-shaped or indirect
- KeplerPlanetary motion law formulator
geostationary · perigee · apogee · revolution · reentry · insertion · inclination · transfer · decay · perihelion
forecast
Prediction of future conditions
- predictionForecast of coming events
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
- simulationImitation of real processes
extrapolation · trend · scenario · estimation · outlook · analysis · projection · baseline · deviation · variance
- dynamical systemsattractors, attractor, chaos theory, equilibria, fixed points
- longitudinal researchfollow-up study, time series, waves, growth curve, attrition
- physicsphysics, momentum, atom, acceleration, gravity
- mechanicsforce, turning, rotation, momentum, velocity
- navigationcompass, compass rose, signs, charts, navbar
- rocketryrocket, rockets, rocket fuel, rocket engine, rocket engines
trajectoriesfixed points
Elements mapping to themselves
immobility · stillness · stasis · rest · inertia
trajectorieschaos
Complete disorder and confusion
meandering · drifting · scatter · disorder
trajectoriesstagnation
Absence of flow or progress
dead ends · standstills · regression · decline · deterioration
inject, eject, injection, ejection, trajectory, ejected, injected, projectile, injecting