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pathfinding

pathfinding noun: the plotting by a computer application of the best route between two points.

Noun

pathfinding (usually uncountable, plural pathfindings)

  1. (usually) The plotting by a computer application of the best route between two points.
    • When a suitable site block is detected, the villager starts pathfinding to it, staking a provisional claim.2024 December 11 (last accessed), “Villager”, in Minecraft Wiki
  2. (usually) The finding of a path to a destination, such as by neuronal axons or developing cells.
    • It comes as a shock to realize that Albert Einstein, whose theories still seem so futuristic and Star Trekky, did his first pathfinding work almost a century ago.2002 November 29, Philip M. Boffey, “Editorial Notebook; The Incredible Mind of Einstein”, in The New York Times

Forms of pathfinding

pluralpathfindings

Origin of pathfinding

From path + finding.

Questions about pathfinding

What does pathfinding mean?
Pathfinding means the plotting by a computer application of the best route between two points.
What part of speech is pathfinding?
Pathfinding is a noun.
What is the plural of pathfinding?
The plural of pathfinding is pathfindings.

Words near pathfinding in the dictionary

  1. pathfind
  2. pathfinder
  3. pathfinder prospectus
  4. pathfinder prospectuses
  5. pathfinders
  6. pathfinding
  7. pathfindings
  8. pathfinds
  9. pathfound
  10. pathful
  11. pathia

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