path

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Noun

1. A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.
2. A course taken.
   • the path of a meteor, of a caravan, or of a storm
3. A metaphorical course or route; progress.
4. A method or direction of proceeding.
5. A Pagan tradition, for example witchcraft, Wicca, druidism, Heathenry.
6. 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.
   • Use the network path \\Marketing\Files to find the documents you need.
7. 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).
8. A continuous map f from the unit interval I=[0,1] to a topological space X.
9. A slot available for allocation to a railway train over a given route in between other trains.

Verb

1. To make a path in, or on (something), or for (someone).
2. To navigate through a file system directory tree (to a desired file or folder).
   • Next, you need to path to the location of the executable and run it from there.
3. To pathfind.

Noun

1. Pathology.

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