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path

Noun

is a type of: course, course of action - a mode of action
subtypes:
- ambages - (archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action
- primrose path - a life of ease and pleasure
- straight and narrow, strait and narrow - the way of proper and honest behavior
- hadith, sunna, sunnah - (Islam) the way of life prescribed as normative for Muslims on the basis of the teachings and practices of Muhammad and interpretations of the Koran
- warpath - a course leading to warfare or battle
same as: way, way of life
is a type of: way - any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another
subtypes:
- bridle path, bridle road - a path suitable for riding or leading horses (but not for cars)
- crossing, crossover, crosswalk - a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
- lane - a well-defined track or path; for e.g. swimmers or lines of traffic
- footpath, pathway - a trodden path
- towing path, towpath - a path along a canal or river used by animals towing boats
- paseo, walk, walkway - a path set aside for walking
is a type of: line - a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
subtypes:
- feeder line - a branching path off of a main transportation line (especially an airline)
- main line - the principal route of a transportation system
- data track, track - (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data
- air lane, airway, flight path, skyway - a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another
- approach pattern, pattern, traffic pattern - the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport
- flight path - the path of a rocket or projectile or aircraft through the air
- beat, round - a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- bus route - the route regularly followed by a passenger bus
- 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
- celestial orbit, orbit - the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
- electron orbit, orbit - the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom
- paper round, paper route - the route taken when delivering newspapers every day
- beeline - the most direct route
- circuit - an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to
- crosscut - a diagonal path
- supply line, supply route - a route over which supplies can be delivered
- line of fire - the path of a missile discharged from a firearm
- flyway, migration route - the geographic route along which birds customarily migrate
- fairway - the usual course taken by vessels through a harbor or coastal waters
- direction, way - a line leading to a place or point
- trade route - a route followed by traders (usually in caravans)
specific instances: northwest passage - a water route between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean along the northern coast of North America; Europeans since the 16th century had searched for a short route to the Far East before it was successfully traversed by Roald Amundsen (1903-1906)

same as: itinerary, route
is a type of: line - a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
subtypes:
- collision course - a course of a moving object that will lead to a collision if it continues unchanged
- inside track - the inner side of a curved racecourse
- round - the course along which communications spread
- steps - the course along which a person has walked or is walking in
- belt, swath - a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)
- trail - a track or mark left by something that has passed
same as: course, track

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