noun
tire track; wheel track
A physical line or mark left by a tire or wheel; in everyday speech タイヤの跡 is often plainer, while 軌跡 sounds a little more descriptive or technical.
雪道にタイヤの軌跡がくっきり残っていた。
Clear tire tracks remained on the snowy road.
noun
traces; path taken; record of a course
Used figuratively for the path, development, or trace left by a person, organization, work, or event over time. Common in phrases such as 軌跡をたどる and 軌跡を振り返る.
A book tracing the course of his research was published.
この展覧会では、画家の四十年の軌跡を紹介している。
This exhibition presents the artist's forty-year journey.
noun
locus
Mathematical term for the set or path of points satisfying a given condition.
条件を満たす点Pの軌跡を求めなさい。
Find the locus of point P that satisfies the condition.
A homophone meaning “miracle.” The kanji and meaning are completely different from 軌跡.
A more general and everyday word for a mark, trace, or remains; 軌跡 often emphasizes a line of movement or a course over time.
Means an orbit, track, or course, often as a route followed by something; 軌跡 focuses on the trace or path actually left or taken.
Sino-Japanese compound. 軌 is associated with a wheel track or course, and 跡 with a trace or mark; together they express a track, trace, or path.