waypoint

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English

Etymology

way +‎ point

Noun

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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.

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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