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gravity-assist vs trajectory

trajectory vs gravity-assist

gravity-assist and trajectory both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
gravity-assist Yes No No No
trajectory Yes No No No
As nouns, trajectory is a hypernym of gravity-assist; that is, trajectory is a word with a broader meaning than gravity-assist:
  • gravity-assist: (spaceflight) a trajectory that passes close to a planetary body in order to gain energy from its gravitational field
  • trajectory: the path followed by an object moving through space
Other hypernyms of gravity-assist include flight.
gravity-assist (noun) trajectory (noun)
(spaceflight) a trajectory that passes close to a planetary body in order to gain energy from its gravitational field the path followed by an object moving through space
Difference between gravity-assist and trajectory

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