flight path
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3.9
- noun
- /flaɪt pæθ/
- Specialized
- We observed the airplane's flight path as it gracefully ascended into the sky.
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Watch on YouTubeBut on a Flat Earth map, look what's right on that flight path, right?
- But on a Flat Earth map, look what's right on that flight path, right?
- But then it but then it goes back to being on its regular flight path.
- Like Mike said, my opinion was they were directly in the flight path of anything coming off of that bridge, anything.
- And we knew the flight path and we never found them.
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And so this actual flight path and movie that we see here was actually flown live.
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The only way to travel to the others is by designated flight paths.
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And we knew the flight path and we never found them.
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Like Mike said, my opinion was they were directly in the flight path of anything coming off of that bridge, anything.
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It's right in its flight path.
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I'm telling you, it's moving in our flight path.
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I always wondered why they were so interested in the exact flight path.
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And in the back of the airline magazines, they show the flight path the flight is taking.
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The only clear flight path is almost due south, skirting Japanese territory but over mostly open sea.
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We are conveniently located in the flight path of airplanes right by LAX airport.
Synonyms
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1.0
A road or path people use to travel between places
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1.0
A way or track that people and things move along for travel
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2.0
The path something moves along, for example a plane or a river
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7.0
A curved path a moving object like a ball or rocket follows through the sky
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3.0
The path an object follows through the air
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3.8
A route in the sky that planes follow between airports
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6.7
A route in the sky that airplanes use between airports
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7.0
The path something moves along through the air
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4.3
A route that airplanes follow between airports
How Direct
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4.2
- Specialized
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3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun 'flight' (the act or journey of flying) combined with 'path' (a route) composes directly to mean the route taken through the air; the overall sense is fully predictable from the parts. This composition is cross-linguistically common (e.g. Spanish 'trayectoria de vuelo'), so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Flight path comes from the clear image of a flight (a plane or bird flying) following a path (a road) through the sky. So the phrase means the 'route' a plane, rocket, or other object follows as it moves through the air.