Thesaurus: navigation

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1. n. The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable.
2. n. 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.
3. n. The management of sails, rudder, etc.; the mechanics of traveling by water; seamanship.
4. n. Ships in general.
5. n. the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
6. n. ship traffic
7. n. the work of a sailor
8. 1. The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable. 2. (a) 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. (b) The management of sails, rudder, etc.; the mechanics of traveling by water; seamanship. 3. Ships in general. [Poetic] Shak. Aërial navigation, the act or art of sailing or floating in the air, as by means of ballons; aëronautic. -- Inland navigation, Internal navigation, navigation on rivers, inland lakes, etc.
9. n:100 n. the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place n. ship traffic