What is path?

  • (noun): A line or route along which something travels or moves.
    Example: "The hurricane demolished houses in its path"
    Synonyms: track, course
    See also — Additional definitions below

Some articles on path, paths:

Obturator Nerve - Path
... Here it enters the thigh, through the obturator canal, and divides into an anterior and a posterior branch, which are separated at first by some of the fibers of the Obturator externus, and lower down by the Adductor brevis. ...
Grit Fell
... The path from Jubilee Tower car park in the south is difficult and treacherous, with sheer sided bogs 6 feet deep ... The path from Clougha Pike in the west is better, but still contains bogs crossed by the odd plank of wood ... The path from Ward's Stone is the most treacherous of all ...
North Hinksey - Local Topography
... The most notable path between Oxford and North Hinksey is a metalled bridleway and cycle track variously known as Willow Walk and Ruskin's Ride ... This path was built in 1876–77 by Aubrey Harcourt (1852–1904), a major local landowner, but not open to the public until 1922 ... There is also a smaller unmade path which begins alongside the large back garden of The Fishes and crosses Hinksey Stream by a bridge at the site of the old ferry ...
Path Integral Formulation - Concrete Formulation - Time-slicing Definition
... For a particle in a smooth potential, the path integral is approximated by zig-zag paths, which in one dimension is a product of ordinary integrals ... An approximation for the path integral can be computed as proportional to where is the Lagrangian of the 1d-system with position variable x(t) and velocity v ... Thus, in contrast to classical mechanics, not only does the stationary path contribute, but actually all virtual paths between the initial and the final point also contribute ...

More definitions of "path":

  • (noun): An established line of travel or access.
    Synonyms: route, itinerary
  • (noun): A way especially designed for a particular use.
  • (noun): A course of conduct.
    Example: "The path of virtue"; "genius usually follows a revolutionary path"
    Synonyms: way, way of life

Famous quotes containing the word path:

    “O what unlucky streak
    Twisting inside me, made me break the line?
    What was the rock my gliding childhood struck,
    And what bright unreal path has led me here?”
    Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    My mother always used to say, “There is no path to peace. Peace is the path.”
    Donald Freed, U.S. screenwriter, and Arnold M. Stone. Robert Altman. Richard Nixon (Philip Baker Hall)

    I notice well that one stray step from the habitual path leads irresistibly into a new direction. Life moves forward, it never reverses its course.
    Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)