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Navigation Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Navigation? [n] the work of a sailor [n] the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place [n] ship traffic; "the channel will be open to navigation as soon as the ice melts" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Navigation: pilotage \| piloting \| sailing \| seafaring Related Terms \| Find terms related to Navigation: aim \| astronavigation \| automatic electronic navigation \| azimuth \| bearing \| bent \| boating \| canoeing \| cartography \| celestial navigation \| chorography \| circumnavigation \| coasting \| consolan \| course \| cruising \| current \| direction \| direction line \| drift \| electronic navigation \| geodesy \| geodetic satellite \| geography \| gunkholing \| heading \| helmsmanship \| inclination \| lay \| lie \| line \| line of direction \| line of march \| loran \| motorboating \| navar \| navigability \| navigating \| omnidirectional range \| omnirange \| orbiting geophysical observatory \| orientation \| passage-making \| periplus \| pilotage \| piloting \| point \| quarter \| radar \| radio navigation \| range \| rowing \| run \| sailing \| sculling \| sea travel \| seafaring \| seamanship \| set \| shoran \| steaming \| steerage \| steering \| surveying \| tacan \| teleran \| tendency \| tenor \| topography \| track \| travel by water \| trend \| VAR \| visual-aural range \| voyaging \| water travel \| way \| yachting See Also \| astronavigation \| cabotage \| celestial navigation \| dead reckoning \| direction \| employment \| guidance \| instrument flying \| shipping \| steerage \| steering \| transport \| transportation \| work Navigation In Webster's Dictionary \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. {Inland navigation}, {Internal navigation}, navigation on rivers, inland lakes, etc.

Navigation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Navigation?

[n] the work of a sailor
[n] the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
[n] ship traffic; "the channel will be open to navigation as soon as the ice melts"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Navigation: pilotage | piloting | sailing | seafaring

Navigation In Webster's Dictionary

\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.



{Inland navigation}, {Internal navigation}, navigation on
   rivers, inland lakes, etc.

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