waypoint

English

Etymology

way +‎ point

Noun

waypoint (plural waypoints)

1. Any mapped reference point on a route that can be easily identified.
   • 2017, A.K. Brown, Humans on the Menu (Champagne Universe Series: Book 2), page 41:

     [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.

Related terms

• waymark

Translations

any mapped reference point on a route

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 航點／航点 (háng diǎn)

• Danish: vejpunkt n
• Dutch: waypoint n, routepunt n, tussenpunt n, wegpunt n
• Finnish: reittipiste sg
• German: Wegpunkt m
• Hebrew: נקודת נתיב
• Hindi: मार्गबिंदु m (mārgabindu)
• Icelandic: leiðarpunktur m
• Irish: treoirphointe m
• Japanese: ウェイポイント (weipointo), 通過点 (つうかてん, tsūkaten)
• Norwegian: veipunkt n
• Scottish Gaelic: puing-thurais f
• Swedish: vägpunkt c, waypoint c
• Vietnamese: tọa độ điểm

Anagrams

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English waypoint.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: way‧point

Noun

waypoint n (plural waypointen, diminutive waypointje n)

1. waypoint

   Synonyms: routepunt, tussenpunt, wegpunt