Tra*ject"o*ry (?), n.; pl. Trajectories (#). [Cf. F. trajectoire.] The
curve which a body describes in space, as a planet or comet in its
orbit, or stone thrown upward obliquely in the air.
{ Tra"jet (?), Tra"jet*our (?), Tra"jet*ry (?) }, n. See Treget,
Tregetour, and Tregetry. [Obs.]
Tra*la"tion (?), n. [L. tralatio, translatio.See Translation.] The use
of a word in a figurative or extended sense; ametaphor; a trope. [Obs.]
Bp. Hall.
Tral`a*ti"tion (?), n. [See Tralatitious.] A change, as in the use of
words; a metaphor.
Tral`a*ti"tious (?), a. [L. tralatitius, translatitius, tralaticius,
translaticius. See Tralation.] 1. Passed along; handed down;
transmitted.
Among biblical critics a tralatitious interpretation is one received by
expositor from expositor.
W. Withington.