glide path

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glide path

noun glide paths

The path of an aircraft as it lands under low power; especially, such a path advised to a pilot by radar assistance from the ground.
broadly The pattern of systematic withdrawal of money from a retirement portfolio.
broadly, figuratively A course that leads smoothly to a particular outcome. The reason I say we’re not on a glide path to AGI is that simply taking this capability to 11 does not substitute for the parts that are still missing.

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noun path of an aircraft

Deutsch	Gleitweg
Русский	глисса́да glissáda

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@misc{glide_path_2026,
  title = {glide path},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/glide%20path},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}