Definition of Navigation

1. Noun. The guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place.


2. Noun. Ship traffic. "The channel will be open to navigation as soon as the ice melts"
Generic synonyms: Shipping, Transport, Transportation
Derivative terms: Navigate, Navigational

3. Noun. The work of a sailor.

Definition of Navigation

1. n. The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable.

Definition of Navigation

1. Noun. The theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or a spaceship ¹

2. Noun. Traffic or travel by vessel, especially commercial shipping ¹

3. Noun. A canal ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Navigation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Navigation

1. 1. The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable. 2. 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. The management of sails, rudder, etc.; the mechanics of traveling by water; seamanship. 3. Ships in general. Aerial navigation, the act or art of sailing or floating in the air, as by means of ballons; aeronautic. Inland navigation, Internal navigation, navigation on rivers, inland lakes, etc. Origin: L. Navigatio: cf. F. Navigation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Navigation

naviculars
navicularthritis
naviculas
navie
navies
naviform
navigabilities
navigability
navigable
navigably
navigatable
navigate
navigated
navigates
navigating
navigation (current term)
navigation channel
navigation channels
navigation light
navigational
navigational chart
navigational charts
navigational instrument
navigational system
navigationally
navigations
navigator
navigators
navigatrix
navigatrixes

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