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path
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segment
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[network analysis]
The connecting lines, arcs, or edges that join an origin to a destination. -
[computing]
In computing, the location of a computer file, given as the drive, directories, subdirectories, and file name, in that order. -
[data models]
In ArcGIS software, a geometric element from which polylines and polygons are constructed. A path is a sequence of connected, nonintersecting segments, with no two segments having the same start point or the same endpoint. -
[ESRI software]
In ArcMap, ArcScene, and ArcGlobe, a single line feature or graphic used to define the movement of a camera, view or layer in an animation. -
[ESRI software]
In ArcInfo 7, the connecting arcs that join an origin to a destination.
