Course
Course noun - The direction along which something or someone moves.
Usage example: the river follows a southeasterly course to the ocean
Flight path and course are semantically related. in route topic. In some cases you can use "Flight path" instead a noun "Course".
Flight path
Flight path noun - The path of a rocket or projectile or aircraft through the air.
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Course and flight path are semantically related. You can use "Course" instead a noun phrase "Flight path".
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- A single leaf can somehow disrupt their flight path and can blow them off course.
Source: Woobie Species -
Bali is so utterly off course from the plane's planned flight path (several thousand miles in a completely wrong direction) that even in the weird universe of Lost it would raise alarms with even the most incompetent, lazy, or corrupt accident investigator.
Source: Artistic License Geography -
Also, the flight path from the Indian Ocean to Washington is quite a bit outside the officially acknowledged range of the Trident II missile, but of course the actual range is probably classified anyway.
Source: Series / Last Resort
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