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path

noun
/pɑːθ//pʰɑːθ/UK/pʰæθ/CA

Etymology

From Middle English path, peth, from Old English pæþ (“path, track”), from Proto-West Germanic *paþ, from Proto-Germanic *paþaz (“path”). The Proto-Germanic term is possibly borrowed from Iranian, from Proto-Iranian *pántaHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pántaHs, from Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s, from the root *pent- (“to pass”), but this is disputed. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Paad, Pad (“path”), West Frisian paad (“path”), Dutch pad (“path”), German Pfad (“path”), German Low German Padd (“path”), Luxembourgish Pad (“path”). Indo-Iranian cognates could be Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬃 (paṇtā̊, “way”), Old Persian 𐎱𐎰 (p-θ /⁠paθi⁠/), Hindi पथ (path), Sanskrit पन्था (panthā, “path”). See also English find. Doublet of panth.

  1. derived from *póntoh₁s✻
  2. derived from *pántaHs✻
  3. derived from *pántaHh✻
  4. inherited from *paþaz✻
  5. inherited from *paþ✻
  6. inherited from pæþ
  7. inherited from path

Definitions

  1. A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.

    • Yet ere to to-morrow's ſun ſhall ſhew his head, / The dewy paths of meadows we will tread, / For crowns and chaplets to adorn thy head.

  2. A course taken.

    • the path of a meteor, of a caravan, or of a storm

  3. A metaphorical course or route

    A metaphorical course or route; progress.

    • ⁠But thou and I have shaken hands, ⁠Till growing winters lay me low; ⁠My paths are in the fields I know, And thine in undiscover’d lands.
    • As I explored the possibility of a library science path, having previously been employed in libraries during my school career and afterwards, I decided that I needed to actually experience work in a library setting full time again […]
  4. ›+ 10 more definitions

    1. A method or direction of proceeding.

      • All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth.
      • The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

    2. A Pagan tradition, for example witchcraft, Wicca, druidism, Heathenry.

    3. A human-readable specification for a location within a hierarchical or tree-like…

      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.

    4. A sequence of vertices from one vertex to another using the arcs (edges). A path does not…

      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).

    5. A continuous map f from the unit interval I=[0,1] to a topological space X.

    6. A slot available for allocation to a railway train over a given route in between other…

      A slot available for allocation to a railway train over a given route in between other trains.

      • ... while the planned hourly fast 'Connect' service from Middlesbrough to Newcastle has been postponed indefinitely due to problems in finding paths for it on the East Coast main line.
      • Echoing McNaughton's comments in 2009, it adds: "The WCML has exhausted its available train paths and no extra services could be run without further significant investment to enhance current infrastructure or build a new line.

    7. To make a path in, or on (something), or for (someone).

      • His ghoſtly counſells onely doe aduiſe, / The meanes hovv Langlies progenie may riſe, / Pathing young Henries vnaduiſed vvaies, / A Duke of Yorke from Cambridge houſe to raiſe, […]

    8. 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.

    9. To pathfind.

    10. Pathology.

The neighborhood

Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at path. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at path. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at path

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA