# pathing

Pronunciation: US say "PA-thing" /ˈpæðɪŋ/; UK say "PAH-thing" /ˈpɑːðɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The act of planning or assigning the route that something or someone will follow.
   - Simple: The work of choosing or planning the route that something will take.
   - _Careful pathing through the warehouse reduced the time workers spent walking between shelves._
   - _The race organizers reviewed the pathing for each runner to avoid bottlenecks._
2. The process of working out a route between two points, especially one computed by software for a character or robot to follow.
   - Simple: Finding the best route from one place to another, often for a computer or game character.
   - _The studio rewrote its pathing so units would stop clumping at narrow bridges._
   - _Smooth pathing lets the characters weave through a crowded market without colliding._

## Verb

3. Present participle of path. — present participle and gerund of path
   - Simple: The -ing form of path. Use it after am, is, are, was or were, or to name the action.

## Origin

Formed from "path" combined with the suffix "-ing".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/pathing (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).