glide path

noun

The path of an aircraft as it lands under low power; especially, such a path advised to a pilot by radar assistance from the ground.

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approach pathapproachglide slope
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Meanings

nounglide path (plural glide paths)

plural glide paths

  1. aeronauticsThe path of an aircraft as it lands under low power; especially, such a path advised to a pilot by radar assistance from the ground.
  2. broadlyeconomicsThe pattern of systematic withdrawal of money from a retirement portfolio.
  3. broadlyfigurativelyA course that leads smoothly to a particular outcome.

    The reason I say we’re not on a glide path to AGI is that simply taking this capability to 11 does not substitute for the parts that are still missing.

    2025 April 11, Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, quoting David Autor, “Big Tech’s Tariff Chaos + A.I. 2027 + Llama Drama”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing

Similar
approach pathapproachglide slope
Broader
air laneflight pathairway
Also see
approach

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

German Gleitweg
  • Gleitwegpath of an aircraft
Polish ścieżka podejścia
  • ścieżka podejściapath of an aircraft
Russian глисса́да
  • глисса́да (glissáda)path of an aircraft
Cite this entry
APA

glide path. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glide%20path

MLA

“glide path.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glide%20path. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glide path,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glide%20path.

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