"flight path" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flight paths [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} flight path (plural flight paths)
  1. A trajectory, the traveled path of a projectile, rocket or aircraft through the air. Categories (topical): Aviation Synonyms: flightpath Related terms: air lane, skyway, airway Translations (traveled path of a projectile): lentorata (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-flight_path-en-noun-b645qvFM Disambiguation of Aviation: 46 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 60 40 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 66 34 Disambiguation of 'traveled path of a projectile': 90 10
  2. An airway, the predefined route of travel for an aircraft or spacecraft. Categories (topical): Aviation Translations (predefined route of travel): lentoreitti (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-flight_path-en-noun-Wd6wJs7C Disambiguation of Aviation: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'predefined route of travel': 11 89

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