trajectory -
The path of a body as it travels through space.
trajectory -
The ordered set of intermediate states assumed by a dynamical system as a result of time evolution.
trajectory -
Metaphorically, a course of development, such as that of a war or career.
Wikipedia
A trajectory is the path a moving object follows through space as a function of time. The object might be a projectile or a satellite, for example. It thus includes the meaning of orbit—the path of a planet, an asteroid or a comet as it travels around a central mass.
OmegaWiki Dictionary
Ω
trajectory The path described by an object moving in air or space under the influence of such forces as thrust, wind resistance, and gravity, especially the curved path of a projectile.