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TRAJECTORY IMPLEMENT [1 record]

Record 1 2010-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Track and Field
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

The trajectory of an object moving through the air is the curving path that it follows after it has been hit or thrown upward and as it moves forward and down again toward the ground.

OBS

It is this lift plus the angle of delivery plus the upward drive of the right leg, hip, and back muscles that produces the actual trajectory and height of the (discus) throw.

OBS

Proper alignment and trajectory of the javelin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Athlétisme
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
DEF

Ligne décrite dans l'air ou dans l'espace par un corps en mouvement et notamment par le centre de gravité d'un projectile.

CONT

Pendant toute la progression, le poids reste dans le plan de lancement, le plan vertical qui contient à la fois l'axe du déplacement du lanceur et la trajectoire de l'engin.

OBS

La trajectoire du marteau (un engin), tenu à deux mains, à bras tendus, ... consiste en une sorte de courbe hélicoïdale progressant dans la direction du lancer en accomplissant plusieurs révolutions complètes.

Spanish

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