route vs trajectory

route

noun
  • A course or way which is traveled or passed. 

  • One of multiple methods or approaches to doing something. 

  • A specific entry in a router that tells the router how to transmit the data it receives. 

  • One of the major provinces of imperial China from the Later Jin to the Song, corresponding to the Tang and early Yuan circuits. 

  • A race longer than one mile. 

  • A road or path; often specifically a highway. 

  • A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation. 

verb
  • To direct or divert along a particular course. 

  • to connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet. 

  • To send (information) through a router. 

trajectory

noun
  • The path an object takes as it moves. 

  • The path of a body as it travels through space. 

  • The ordered set of intermediate states assumed by a dynamical system as a result of time evolution. 

  • A course of development, such as that of a war or career. 

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