traject

[ truh-jekt ]

verb (used with object)

, Archaic.

1. to transport, transmit, or transpose.

traject

/ trəˈdʒɛkt /

verb

1. archaic.
   tr to transport or transmit

Derived Forms

• traˈjection, noun

Other Words From

• tra·jection noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of traject¹

1545–55; < Latin trājectus (past participle of trāicere to cast, throw over or across), equivalent to trā- (variant of trāns- trans- ) + -jec- (combining form of jacere to throw) + -tus past participle suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of traject¹

C17: from Latin trājectus cast over, from trāicere to throw across, from trans- + iacere to throw

Example Sentences

“If we traject the continued used of HFC for cooling etcetera around the world … we are talking about the equivalent of half a degree centigrade global warming rise,” he said.

From The Guardian

But it took them rather more than twice the ordinary time to accomplish the traject, nor did they arrive at the point whence artificial transport could be used until long after the hour when they had reckoned upon sitting safe and snug at table d’hôte in the Hôtel Mont Cervin at Zermatt.

From Project Gutenberg

Kennedy might very well be alive had the motorcade followed the logical traject: straight along Main Street.

From Time Magazine Archive

How they have effected the traject here, and by what process, or contingency, are merely curious questions, and can never be satisfactorily answered.

From Project Gutenberg

Assassinated with terror, I make demand of Pasquale; he admits that he may have slept during the long traject up the hill.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• change
• flow
• journey
• movement
• passing
• progress
• transfer
• transition
• trip