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[network analysis]
The connecting lines, arcs, or edges that join an origin to a destination.
[data models, Esri 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.