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  2. Desire path - Wikipedia

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    A desire path, often referred to as a desire line in transportation planning and also known by various other names, [a] is an unplanned small trail created as a consequence of mechanical erosion caused by human or animal traffic. The path usually represents the shortest or the most easily navigated route between an origin and destination, and ...

  3. Equivalence (translation) - Wikipedia

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    In translation and semantics, dynamic equivalence and formal equivalence are seen as the main approaches to translation that prioritize either the meaning or literal structure of the source text respectively. The distinction was originally articulated by Eugene Nida in the context of Bible translation.

  4. Sehnsucht - Wikipedia

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    A suffering reference of the word Sehnsucht in Middle High German usage is associated with "Siechtum" in the German dictionary as follows: Weakening the disease reference, the word later denoted the high "degree of a violent and often painful longing for something, especially when one has no hope of attaining what is desired, or when attainment is uncertain, still distant."

  5. List of Latin phrases (P) - Wikipedia

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    This page is one of a series listing English translations of notable Latin phrases, such as veni, vidi, vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as ancient Greek rhetoric and literature started centuries before the beginning of Latin literature in ancient Rome. [1] This list covers the letter P.

  6. Talk:Desire path - Wikipedia

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    How is a desire path different from a path?Autarch 14:37, 3 December 2009 (UTC) Fro what I understand, a desire path is a subset of path where paths can be designed or naturally occurring. Desire paths are the latter. --Jason Yip 01:28, 10 May 2010 (UTC) I think the term desire path refers to the erosion caused by human feet. Hence, an ...

  7. Path - Wikipedia

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    Bicycle path; Bridle path, used by people on horseback; Course (navigation), the intended path of a vehicle; Desire path, created by human or animal foot traffic; Footpath, intended for use only by pedestrians; Shared-use path, intended for multiple modes such as walking, bicycling, in-line skating or others; Sidewalk, a paved path along the ...

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  9. Nirvana (Buddhism) - Wikipedia

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    The term nirvana is part of an extensive metaphorical structure that was probably established at a very early age in Buddhism. It is "the most common term used by Buddhists to describe a state of freedom from suffering and rebirth," [13] but its etymology may not be conclusive for its meaning. [14]