rerouting

Definitions

The act of directing something, such as traffic, communications, or a shipment, along a new or different path.

The process of changing the established course or sequence of a journey or transmission.

Examples

The airline is rerouting all flights to avoid the severe storm system moving across the coast.

By rerouting the traffic through the side streets, the city managed to reduce congestion during the construction project.

Synonyms

redirecting diverting rechanneling repathing detouring reorienting

Antonyms

maintaining continuing preserving straightening standardizing