Waypoint

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any mapped reference point on a route that can be easily identified.

    "[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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"[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."

Etymology

way + point

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