pathfinding

noun

Etymology

From path + finding.

  1. inherited from findan
  2. inherited from finden
  3. formed as pathfinding — “path + finding

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pathfinding. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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