Navigation Definition
năvĭ-gāshən
noun
The act or practice of navigating.
Webster's New World
The science of locating the position and plotting the course of ships and aircraft.
Webster's New World
Traffic by ship.
Webster's New World
Navigation is defined as the act or process of planning out a route or directing the travels of a boat, ship, car, person etc..
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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(countable) A canal.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- piloting
- pilotage
- sailing
- seafaring
- yachting
- voyaging
- shipping
- traveling
- dead-reckoning
- seamanship
- spherical navigation
- great-circle sailing
- mercator sailing
- latitude sailing
- parallel sailing
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Origin of Navigation
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From Latin nāvigātiōnem, accusative singular of nāvigātiō (“sailing, navigation”), from nāvigātus, perfect passive participle of nāvigō (“sail”).
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