Definition of Navigetion
Nav`i*ga"tion (?), n. [L.
navigatio: cf. F. navigation.] 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or a spaceship
- Traffic or travel by vessel, especially commercial shipping
- A canal
Swedish
- navigation
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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