Pathfinding
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pathfinding is a noun meaning (computing) The plotting by a computer application of the best route between two points.
Meaning
(computing) The plotting by a computer application of the best route between two points.
More Meanings
- (biology) The finding of a path to a destination, such as by neuronal axons or developing cells.
Example Sentences
When a suitable site block is detected, the villager starts pathfinding to it, staking a provisional claim.
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.
Word Forms
- pathfindings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include axonal, path, keypath, navigator, portmapper, mapping.
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