Meanings
nounpathfinding (usually uncountable, plural pathfindings)
plural pathfindings
- uncountableusuallycomputingThe plotting by a computer application of the best route between two points.
When a suitable site block is detected, the villager starts pathfinding to it, staking a provisional claim.
2024 December 11 (last accessed), “Villager”, in Minecraft Wiki - uncountableusuallybiologyThe finding of a path to a destination, such as by neuronal axons or developing cells.
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.
2002 November 29, Philip M. Boffey, “Editorial Notebook; The Incredible Mind of Einstein”, in The New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Finnish polunetsintä
- polunetsintäthe finding of a route between two points
Spanish búsqueda de ruta
- búsqueda de rutathe finding of a route between two points
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“pathfinding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pathfinding. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pathfinding,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pathfinding.
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