traversing
Moving through territory
Traversing is the present participle of traverse, meaning to travel across or move through an area: We spent the afternoon traversing the mountain ridge.
The word suggests systematic movement from one side to another, whether physical terrain or abstract territory: traversing the complexities of tax law.
In technical contexts, traversing describes moving a mechanism horizontally, as when aiming artillery or scanning with a camera.
Point where paths intersect
- bridgingConnecting separated things
- spanningExtending across something
- fordingCrossing water shallows
- passingMoving by or temporary
overpass · underpass · viaduct · footbridge · causeway · boardwalk · gangway · skywalk
Organized exploratory journey
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- trekArduous overland journey
- voyageJourney by sea
safari · excursion · sojourn · passage · circuit · itinerary · globetrotting · wanderlust
Calculating efficient travel routes
- wayfindingNavigating through physical spaces
- orientationPosition relative to surroundings
- compassDevice showing cardinal directions
- GPSSatellite-based location technology
cartography · bearings · plotting · charting · piloting · sextant · topography · landmarks
Recreational trail walking
- trekkingLong-distance foot travel
- backpackingSelf-supported wilderness travel
- mountaineeringSport of climbing peaks
- scramblingMoving clumsily in haste
bushwhacking · trail-blazing · switchbacks · ascent · descent · contours · elevation · ridgeline
Observing to gather information
- surveyingMeasuring and charting terrain
- reconnoiteringMilitary observation mission
- prospectingSearching for mineral wealth
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
charting · mapping · discovering · pathbreaking · trailblazing · venturing · ranging · foraying
Locomotion on foot
- stridingWalking with long steps
- steppingMoving on foot
- hikingRecreational trail walking
- marchingRhythmic group walking
trekking · ambulating · pacing · footwork · gait · locomotion · perambulating · foot-travel
crossing
Point where paths intersect
passing · overpass · underpass · viaduct · footbridge · causeway · boardwalk · gangway · skywalk · suspension
expedition
Organized exploratory journey
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- trekArduous overland journey
voyage · safari · excursion · sojourn · passage · circuit · itinerary · globetrotting · wanderlust · peregrination
pathfinding
Calculating efficient travel routes
- wayfindingNavigating through physical spaces
- orientationPosition relative to surroundings
- compassDevice showing cardinal directions
GPS · cartography · bearings · plotting · charting · piloting · sextant · topography · landmarks · coordinates
hiking
Recreational trail walking
- trekkingLong-distance foot travel
- backpackingSelf-supported wilderness travel
- mountaineeringSport of climbing peaks
scrambling · bushwhacking · trail-blazing · switchbacks · ascent · descent · contours · elevation · ridgeline · saddle
scouting
Observing to gather information
- surveyingMeasuring and charting terrain
- reconnoiteringMilitary observation mission
- prospectingSearching for mineral wealth
pioneering · charting · mapping · discovering · pathbreaking · trailblazing · venturing · ranging · foraying · penetrating
walking
Locomotion on foot
marching · trekking · ambulating · pacing · footwork · gait · locomotion · perambulating · foot-travel · legging
iteration
Repeated procedural pass
- recursionProcess invoking itself
- parsingGrammatical structure extraction
- scanningSystematic visual examination
crawling · walking · branching · depth-first · breadth-first · node · algorithm · pointer · indexing · enumeration
- long distancelong distance, long haul, cross-country, miles, mileage
- mountaineeringsummit, alpinist, mountaineer, ice axe, ice axes
- snowshoeingsnowshoes, poles, bindings, gaiters, baskets
- ski techniquesparallel turn, snowplow, carving, stem turn, hockey stop
- skiing termsmoguls, bumps, powder, ice, carving
- skatingskating, ice skating, roller skating, figure skating, inline skating
traversingstaying
Continuing in place
remaining · stationary · stopping · standing still · halting
traversingretreating
Moving back from advance
returning · turning back · avoiding · bypassing · circumventing
traveled, traverse, transverse, traversed, traversal, traverses, transversely, traversable, transversal