Direction and Trajectory

Direction

Direction noun - A statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned.

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Trajectory and direction are semantically related in course topic. In some cases you can use "Trajectory" instead a noun "Direction".

Nearby Words: direct, directed, directly, director, directive

Trajectory noun - The path followed by an object moving through space.

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Direction and trajectory are semantically related in course topic. You can use "Direction" instead a noun "Trajectory".

exact	exact direction	exact trajectory
better	better direction	better trajectory
similar	similar direction	similar trajectory
specific	specific direction	specific trajectory
Other adjectives: right, fixed, current, original, proper, straight, precise, single, horizontal, interesting, artistic, new, crazy, general, political, possible, random, strange, different, opposite, perpendicular, realistic, overall, planned.

This system gives the weapon a very strange trajectory and counter-intuitive behavior in wind (it steers into the direction of a crosswind), making it very hard to aim.

Source: Useful Notes / Modern Battlefield Weapons
Sheldon: Well, I'm polymerized tree sap and you're an inorganic adhesive, so whatever verbal projectile you launch in my direction is reflected off of me, returns on its original trajectory and adheres to you.

Source: Spock Speak
When Magneto then points a gun in her direction, Xavier stands in between the barrel and his foster sister, and Erik later has to use his power to change the bullet's trajectory so that it won't hit Charles in the head.

Source: Characters / X-Men Film Series: Professor Charles Xavier aka: Professor Charles Francis Xavier

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