FLIGHT PATH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flight path mean? 

• FLIGHT PATH (noun)
  The noun FLIGHT PATH has 2 senses:

1. the path of a rocket or projectile or aircraft through the air

2. a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another

  Familiarity information: FLIGHT PATH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLIGHT PATH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The path of a rocket or projectile or aircraft through the air

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("flight path" is a kind of...):

itinerary; path; route (an established line of travel or access)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

air lane; airway; flight path; skyway

Hypernyms ("flight path" is a kind of...):

itinerary; path; route (an established line of travel or access)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flight path"):

approach; approach path; glide path; glide slope (the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing)

holding pattern (the flight path (usually circular) maintained by an aircraft that is awaiting permission to land)

 Context examples 

The ring-grazing orbits will continue until April 22, when the last close flyby of Saturn's moon Titan will once again reshape Cassini's flight path.

(Over Saturn's Turbulent North, NASA)

An instrument that determines the exact mass of charged particles or ions by measuring the flight path through a set of magnetic and electric fields.

(Mass Spectrometer, NCI Thesaurus)