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Navigation is defined as the act or process of planning out a route or directing the travels of a boat, ship, car, person etc..
(noun)When a GPS device plans out your route and tells you where to go and when to turn, this is an example of GPS navigation.
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See navigation in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- the act or practice of navigating
- the science of locating the position and plotting the course of ships and aircraft
- traffic by ship
Origin: L navigatio
Related Forms:
- navigational adjective
- navigationally adverb
See navigation in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- The theory and practice of navigating, especially the charting of a course for a ship or aircraft.
- Travel or traffic by vessels, especially commercial shipping.
Related Forms:
- navˌi·gaˈtion·al adjective
- navˌi·gaˈtion·al·ly adverb
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