pathfinding en · NOUN
Etymology
From path + finding.
Meanings
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(uncountable, 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:
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(uncountable, 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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pathfindings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (2)
es búsqueda de ruta (the finding of a route between two points) · fi polunetsintä (the finding of a route between two points)