Meanings
Readings
Common Words
Astronomy; Physics
orbit; trajectory
(railroad) track
(right) track; proper course
tire track
traces of a person or thing; path one has taken
Mathematics
locus
Suru verb - special class
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
to be on track; to be going to plan
to enter orbit
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
trackless
reckless; dissipated
to put on track; to make go to plan
to put into orbit; to send into orbit
Memory Mnemonics
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Mnemonic Stories
My car got stuck in a rut. Itโs a very heavy electric car, so it took nine people to push it out.
My life is in a rut; Iโve had nine different jobs and nine different cars, but I always end up on the same boring road.
After trying for the nine_th time to get his _car out of the deep snowy rut, he finally gave up and called for a tow.
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