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navigable

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nav⋅i⋅ga⋅ble

  [nav-i-guh-buhl]
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–adjective
1. deep and wide enough to provide passage to ships: a navigable channel.
2. capable of being steered or guided, as a ship, aircraft, or missile.
Origin:
1520–30; < L nāvigābilis, equiv. to nāvigā(re) to sail (see navigate ) + -bilis -ble

Related forms:
nav⋅i⋅ga⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, nav⋅i⋅ga⋅ble⋅ness, noun
nav⋅i⋅ga⋅bly, adverb
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nav·i·ga·ble   (nāv'ĭ-gə-bəl)   
adj.  

  1. Sufficiently deep or wide to provide passage for vessels: navigable waters; a navigable river.

  2. That can be steered. Used of boats, ships, or aircraft.

nav'i·ga·bil'i·ty, nav'i·ga·ble·ness n., nav'i·ga·bly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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