flight paths

noun

plural of flight path
as in trajectories

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  1. trajectories
  2. arcs
  3. steps
  4. routes
  5. tracks
  6. pathways
  7. paths
Noun
  • That complexity can mean longer trajectories, harder reasoning tasks, and more files in an environment.
    — Wen Shao, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • This unique propagation gives rise to wave trajectories with directional rotation, or handedness, which dictates whether paths rotate clockwise or counterclockwise.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of trajectories
Noun
  • In 1810, surveyors latched on to the circle and founded a city, named Circleville, in concentric arcs around it.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Nordrum didn’t quite rip out my heart the way Rickman did 31 years ago, but his watchful intensity gives him one of the most moving character arcs.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of arcs
Noun
  • That could be especially useful for tasks that take several steps or require waiting on someone else.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Those steps are especially important just after sunrise and around sunset, when mosquitoes tend to be most active, researchers say.
    — Mike Stobbe, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of steps
Noun
  • The service, started by South Florida transit firm Prokel Mobility, features two routes.
    — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The Viceroy Seaglider is designed to travel at up to 180 mph on routes of up to 180 miles.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of routes
Noun
  • After nearly four decades in public education, scenes like these still stop me in my tracks.
    — Michael Poore Special to the Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026
  • That tracks here, but with a more down-to-earth take on glamour.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of tracks
Noun
  • Within this region are two major neural pathways, known as the direct and indirect pathways, which appear to exert opposing influences over which actions are expressed.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Now, his campaign priorities are to strengthen career and transfer pathways, expand student support and ensure colleges facilitate the classroom-to-career transition.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of pathways
Noun
  • Through quests, combat, exploration and cooperative adventures, players can forge their own paths through the medieval fantasy world of Gielinor.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Oracular methods such as automatism and tarot cards would lead Colquhoun down many paths in her search for knowledge, while the duality of the androgyne fascinated her in her art and writing.
    — Marina Warner, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of paths
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