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Noun

 * 1) A path between two points that is faster than the commonly used paths.
 * 2) A method to accomplish something that omits one or more steps.
 * 3)  A symlink (symbolic file link); especially, one that appears as an icon.

Derived terms

 * keyboard shortcut

Thesaurus
air lane, air line, axis, beat, beeline, bypass, chord, circuit, course, cut, cutoff, diagonal, diameter, direct line, directrix, edge, flight path, great-circle course, itinerary, line, normal, orbit, path, perpendicular, primrose path, radius, radius vector, right line, road, round, route, run, sea lane, secant, segment, shortest way, side, straight, straight course, straight line, straight stretch, straightaway, streamline, tangent, tour, track, trade route, traject, trajectory, trajet, transversal, vector, walk

Alternative forms

 * short cut, short-cut

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Estonian: otsetee,
 * Finnish: oikotie, oikopolku, oikoreitti
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: παραδρόμι
 * Italian:


 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: scurtătură
 * Scottish Gaelic: aithghearr
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: mkato
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ทางลัด


 * Estonian: nipp
 * Finnish:


 * Greek: παράκαμψη,
 * Swahili: mkato
 * Swedish: genväg


 * Estonian: nimeviit
 * Finnish: pikakuvake
 * French:, lien symbolique
 * German: ,


 * Greek: (syntómefsi),
 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: scurtare, prescurtare, scurtătură
 * Swahili: mkato
 * Swedish: genväg, alias

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