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Definition of waypoint in English:

waypoint

noun

1A stopping place on a journey.
‘it was a waypoint on the merchant route between Scandinavia and Byzantium’
- ‘Budapest and Bucharest function as waypoints for women en route to Belgrade.’
- ‘It would be unfair, however, to paint the islands as just a grungy waypoint in the North Atlantic.’
- ‘We assume the islands will be a waypoint rather than a destination.’
- ‘What was found, he said, indicated the building was used as a waypoint for foreign fighters crossing into Iraq from Syria to fight against the coalition.’
- ‘Yesterday we demolished a substantial building which they were using as a waypoint to get in.’
1. 1.1 The computer-checked coordinates of each stage of a flight or sea journey.
  ‘waypoints can be punched in directly to the keypad’
  ‘For navigation purposes, you can use your log to record waypoints and route numbers or times at certain markers for a future good reference.’
  ‘They already have many thousands of waypoints documented plus they have great flight recording kit and analysis software.’
  ‘If your autopilot is more than about 10 years old, upgrading to an autopilot that contains the additional sensor and that can automatically track to a waypoint can significantly enhance your boating experience.’
  ‘It allows easy set-up functions as well as down- and uploads of waypoints, routes and flight tracks.’
  ‘As a bonus, the ship provided GPS waypoints where they would be upon our return.’
  ‘I've seen too many near misses where the boater had his eyes glued to the chartplotter, radar, or the waypoint indicator, and not the waters around him.’
  ‘It stores more than 100 waypoints, displays various features in different colours and feels good in your hand.’
  ‘By entering a series of waypoints, you can create a route and store the whole thing for later use.’
  ‘And best of all, you can add your own data to the map - landmarks, routes, GPS waypoints, or personal reminders about avoiding that bog where you once pitched a tent.’
  ‘Preflight mission planning defines waypoints using GPS and specifies particular maneuvers, such as circling, by making annotations with a pen on a digital map.’
  ‘The latest GPS receivers not only give an accurate position, but store a number of waypoints, and compute distance travelled, speed and direction.’
  ‘As you get into open waters, you select a split screen with the radar on the top half, and a chartplotter with an offshore waypoint on the bottom half.’
  ‘Finally, since each place name is technically a waypoint, the coordinates corresponding to the names can easily be uploaded to a GPS unit and used for navigation.’
  ‘Another downside to this situation is that data, including GPS waypoints, will be lost when the plotters are updated.’
  ‘Of course, you can manually enter waypoints for intersections and other locations, but this is tedious.’
  ‘The software integrated the tide and current tables for the Chesapeake Bay so that it calculated more accurately the time to each waypoint of the trip.’
  ‘This mission consists of up to 100 waypoints, guiding the aircraft home using altitude and airspeed settings at each waypoint.’
  ‘You may want to include user waypoints in your flight plan.’
  ‘It provides a user-friendly computer with an internal GPS and moving-map capability that indicates an aircraft's position and waypoints.’
  ‘You can still upload routes, tracks, and waypoints, but you can't download.’