waypoint
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈweɪpɔɪnt/
- Specialized
:
punto de referencia
- Some GPS devices give spoken instructions about the next waypoint and wait until they are queried again before they give more information.
- the next waypoint
- an electronic waypoint
- waypoint marker
Look, how far away are you from the first waypoint?
- Look, how far away are you from the first waypoint?
- And other vehicles would, you know, come hit their waypoint and, you know, exit the Oval and off they would go.
- Quite often we would meet boats with firearms on which we would collect at certain waypoints on the trip.
- I grabbed my phone logging waypoints like in case we made contact right with some drug cartel and you know, and then we ended up at the safe house.
Examples
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The pilot entered a waypoint into the flight navigation system for accurate routing.
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First, the distance and direction to the waypoint is given ("104 feet south").
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Is there any way to set a waypoint from your city to a location?
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Rather, she followed the electronic waypoint marker from the beginning.
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How does the new Compass app show waypoint altitude to users?
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The subsequent instructions describe the distance and direction of travel to a series of waypoints and the direction of the turns.
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The marked waypoints can then be downloaded into an existing map, or students can create entirely new maps.
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Routes consist of waypoints, locations where the navigator changes direction.
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A sample verbal description to a waypoint is "104 feet south to three-way intersection west past two intersections."
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The UCSB PGS gives constant orientation information about the direction to the next waypoint, whether through spatial displays, sound cues, or vibrotactile stimulation.
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A particular time or stage in a process
2
3.5
A stone beside a road that shows the distance to a town
Antonyms
How Important
104
3.7
103
3.2
80
3.5
- Specialized
7
5.1
10
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Waypoint comes from the simple words way ('path' or 'route') and point ('place' or 'spot'), so it literally means a spot on a path. That's why pilots, sailors, and runners use waypoints like signposts or dots on a map to find their route or check their progress.