waypoint

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noun

Any mapped reference point on a route that can be easily identified.

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Meanings

nounwaypoint (plural waypoints)

plural waypoints

  1. Any mapped reference point on a route that can be easily identified.

    [T]hey made their way back to the Grace where Jen was hunched over her console setting the waypoints for their trip to Hudson Bay.

    2017, A.K. Brown, Humans on the Menu (Champagne Universe Series: Book 2), page 41

Origin

way + point

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 航點 /航点
  • 航點 /航点 (háng diǎn)any mapped reference point on a route
Czech bod trasy, navigační bod
  • bod trasyany mapped reference point on a route
  • navigační bodany mapped reference point on a route
  • referenční bodany mapped reference point on a route
Danish vejpunkt
  • vejpunktany mapped reference point on a route
Dutch waypoint, routepunt
  • waypointany mapped reference point on a route
  • routepuntany mapped reference point on a route
  • tussenpuntany mapped reference point on a route
  • wegpuntany mapped reference point on a route
Finnish reittipiste
  • reittipisteany mapped reference point on a route
German Wegpunkt
  • Wegpunktany mapped reference point on a route
Hebrew נקודת נתיב
  • נקודת נתיבany mapped reference point on a route
Hindi मार्गबिंदु
  • मार्गबिंदु (mārgabindu)any mapped reference point on a route
Icelandic leiðarpunktur
  • leiðarpunkturany mapped reference point on a route
Irish treoirphointe
  • treoirphointeany mapped reference point on a route
Japanese ウェイポイント, 通過点
  • ウェイポイント (weipointo)any mapped reference point on a route
  • 通過点 (tsūkaten)any mapped reference point on a route
Norwegian veipunkt
  • veipunktany mapped reference point on a route
Polish waypoint
  • waypointany mapped reference point on a route
Scottish Gaelic puing-thurais
  • puing-thuraisany mapped reference point on a route
Swedish vägpunkt, waypoint
  • vägpunktany mapped reference point on a route
  • waypointany mapped reference point on a route
Vietnamese tọa độ điểm
  • tọa độ điểmany mapped reference point on a route
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“waypoint.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waypoint. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “waypoint,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waypoint.

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