English > path: 4 senses > noun 3, location| Meaning | An established line of travel or access. |
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| Synonyms | route, itinerary |
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| Instances | Northwest Passage | A water route between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean along the northern coast of North America |
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| Narrower | air lane, flight path, airway, skyway | A designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another |
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| beat, round | A regular route for a sentry or policeman |
| beeline | The most direct route |
| bus route | The route regularly followed by a passenger bus |
| circuit | An established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to |
| crosscut | A diagonal path |
| direction, way | A line leading to a place or point |
| fairway | The usual course taken by vessels through a harbor or coastal waters |
| feeder line | A branching path off of a main transportation line (especially an airline) |
| flight path | The path of a rocket or projectile or aircraft through the air |
| line of fire | The path of a missile discharged from a firearm |
| line of flight | The path along which a freely moving object travels through the air |
| line of march | The route along which a column advances |
| main line | The principal route of a transportation system |
| migration route, flyway | The geographic route along which birds customarily migrate |
| orbit, celestial orbit | The (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another |
| orbit, electron orbit | The path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom |
| paper route, paper round | The route taken when delivering newspapers every day |
| supply line, supply route | A route over which supplies can be delivered |
| track, data track | (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data |
| trade route | A route followed by traders (usually in caravans) |
| traffic pattern, approach pattern, pattern | The path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport |
| Broader | line | A spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent |
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| Spanish | camino, itinerario, recorrido, ruta |
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| Catalan | camí, itinerari, recorregut, ruta |
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