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navigation |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Navigation \Nav`i*ga"tion\, n. [L. navigatio: cf F. navigation.] 1. The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable. 2. a the science or art of conducting ships or vessels from one place to another, including, more especially, the method of determining a ship's position, course, distance passed over etc., on the surface of the globe, by the principles of geometry and astronomy. b The management of sails, rudder, etc.; the mechanics of traveling by water; seamanship. 3. Ships in general. [Poetic] --Shak. {A["e]rial navigation}, the act or art of sailing or floating in the air, as by means of ballons; a["e]ronautic. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: navigation n 1: the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place [syn: {pilotage}, {piloting}] 2: ship traffic; "the channel will be open to navigation as soon as the ice melts" 3: the work of a sailor [syn: {seafaring}, {sailing}]
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