See Also: NAVIGATION(law)
navigation(dictionary)
navigation(encyclopedia)
navigation(dictionary)
navigation(medicine)
Aid to Navigation - Sailing(gambling)
Navigation - Sailing(gambling)
Navigation Acts(encyclopedia)
Celestial Navigation - Sailing(gambling)
Coastal Navigation - Sailing(gambling)

navigation (iou)



navigation noun. E16.
[Old & mod. French, or Latin navigatio(n-), formed as NAVIGATE: see -ATION.]
A voyage. Now rare. E16.
The action or practice of travelling on water; sailing. M16.
inland navigation communication by means of canals and navigable rivers.
b. The action or practice of travelling through the air by means of an aircraft, balloon, etc.; flying. Now rare. E19.
The art or science of directing a ship, boat, or (now) aircraft, spacecraft, etc.; any of several methods of determining or planning a ship or other craft's position and course by geometry, astronomy, etc. M16.
b. The action or practice of navigating a motor vehicle. M20.
Shipping, ships collectively. Chiefly US. Now rare. L16.
Trade or commerce conducted by water. Now rare. E17.
A canal, a man-made waterway. Formerly also, a natural inland channel. Now dial. E18.
Comb.: navigation act a legal enactment regulating navigation or shipping; navigation coal steam-coal; navigation law = navigation act above; navigation light a light shown by a ship, aircraft, etc., at night; navigation satellite a satellite whose orbit is accurately known and made available so that observations of its position may be used for navigational purposes.
navigational adjective L19.
navigationally adverb M20.