path

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.
2. A course taken.
3. A metaphorical course or route; progress.
4. A method or direction of proceeding.
5. A Pagan tradition, for example witchcraft, Wicca, druidism, Heathenry.
6. A human-readable specification for a location within a hierarchical or tree-like structure, such as a file system or as part of a URL.
7. A sequence of vertices from one vertex to another using the arcs (edges). A path does not visit the same vertex more than once (unless it is a closed path, where only the first and the last vertex are the same).
8. A continuous map f from the unit interval I=[0,1] to a topological space X.
9. A slot available for allocation to a railway train over a given route in between other trains.

Verb

1. To make a path in, or on (something), or for (someone).
2. To navigate through a file system directory tree (to a desired file or folder).

Concepts

chemin

sentier

route

voie

trajectoire

piste

trajet

chemin d’accès

cours

ligne

berme

allée

parcours

itinéraire

rail

course

rangée

rut

petite rue

ruelle

manière

mode de vie

liaison

sente

orbite

abords

chemin vicinal

sentier pedestre

sentier pour piétons

trottoir

autoroute

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/pɑːθ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English path, peth, from Old English pæþ (“path, track”), from Proto-West Germanic *paþ, from Proto-Germanic *paþaz (“path”) (compare West Frisian paad, Dutch pad, German Pfad), Ancient Greek πατέω (patéō) / πάτος (pátos), from Iranian (compare Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬥𐬙𐬀 (panta, “way”), 𐬞𐬀𐬚𐬀 (paθa, genitive), Old Persian [script needed] (pathi-)), from Proto-Iranian *pántaHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pántaHs (compare Sanskrit पन्था (panthā), पथ (patha)), from Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s, from *pent- (“path”) (compare English find). Doublet of panth.

Phrases

The set of all such tangency points is called the firm's " expansion path ".

L'ensemble de tous ces points de tangence est appelé le "chemin d'extension" de l'entreprise.