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path

[pʰäːθ]

noun

Meaning

  • A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.

  • A course taken.

    "the path of a meteor, of a caravan, or of a storm"

  • A Pagan tradition, for example witchcraft, Wicca, druidism, Heathenry.

  • A metaphorical course.

  • A method or direction of proceeding.

  • A human-readable specification for a location within a hierarchical or tree-like structure, such as a file system or as part of a URL.

  • A sequence of vertices from one vertex to another using the arcs (edges). A path does not visit the same vertex more than once (unless it is a closed path, where only the first and the last vertex are the same).

  • A continuous map f from the unit interval I = [0,1] to a topological space X.

  • A slot available for allocation to a railway train over a given route in between other trains.

Synonyms

track,
trail

verb

Meaning

  • To make a path in, or on (something), or for (someone).