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Meaning of 'navigation' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Navigation [ n.]
- The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable.
- 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.
- Ships in general.

Meaning of 'navigation' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . navigation [ n]
Meaning (1):
- ship traffic
Example in sentence:
  • the channel will be open to navigation as soon as the ice melts

Nearby Words:

navajoes naval navals navarch navarchy navarrese nave navel navel-string navelwort

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