pathing

1. 1
   noununcountable

   The work of choosing or planning the route that something will take.

   Like drawing the best line on a map before you start walking.

   Good pathing kept the delivery trucks from crossing the same streets twice.

   The team spent hours on pathing before the parade began.

   Similarrouting

2. 2
   noununcountable

   Finding the best route from one place to another, often for a computer or game character.

   Like a phone map app picking which roads to take.

   The game's pathing sends enemies around walls instead of into them.

   Bad pathing made the robot bump into furniture again and again.

   Similarpathfinding

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3. 3
   verb

   The -ing form of path. Use it after am, is, are, was or were, or to name the action.

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