Definition of Navigability

1. Noun. The quality of being suitable for the passage of a ship or aircraft.

Generic synonyms: Quality
Derivative terms: Navigable

Definition of Navigability

1. n. The quality or condition of being navigable; navigableness.

Definition of Navigability

1. Noun. the state of being navigable ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Navigability

1. [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Navigability

navicular
navicular abdomen
navicular articular surface of talus
navicular bone
navicular bone of hand
navicular disease
navicular fracture
naviculars
navicularthritis
naviculas
navie
navies
naviform
navigabilities
navigability (current term)
navigable
navigably
navigatable
navigate
navigated
navigates
navigating
navigation
navigation channel
navigation channels
navigation light
navigational
navigational chart
navigational charts

Literary usage of Navigability

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1891)
"(d) navigability Need Not be Continuons.—Nor is it essential that waters, in order to be navigable, afford a continuous passage throughout their entire ..."

2. The Law of Operations Preliminary to Construction in Engineering and by John Cassan Wait (1900)
"Waters need not be fit for navigation at all times, but their navigability should recur with regularity and at known periods.1 The seasons of navigation ..."

3. The Law of Riparian Rights, Alluvion and Fishery: With Introductory Lectures by Lal Mohun Doss (1891)
"In India, classification of rivers into navigable rivers and non- navigable streams alone recognised—Test of navigability—Ownership of the beds of navigable ..."

4. The Commerce Clause of the Federal Constitution by Ezra Parmalee Prentice, John Garret Egan (1898)
"navigability Not Determined ~by Means of Transportation.— Nor does the navigability of a stream depend upon the means by which commerce upon it may be ..."

5. The All-American Canal by All-American Canal Board, Elwood Mead, Porter J. Preston, United States Dept. of the Interior, Imperial Irrigation District (1920)
"Raymond, in this report, after referring to the fact that the navigability of the Colorado River has been the subject of preliminary examination several ..."

6. Brazil, the River Plate, and the Falkland Islands: With the Cape Horn Route by William Hadfield (1854)
"navigability of the Parana by large vessels.—Decrees of the government of Paraguay on the treatment of ... navigability of the Paraguay and the Uruguay. ..."

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