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–noun

1.	the act or process of navigating.

2.	the art or science of plotting, ascertaining, or directing the course of a ship, aircraft, or guided missile.

[Origin: 1520–30; < L nāvigātiōn- (s. of nāvigātiō) a voyage. See navigate, -ion

]

—Related forms

nav·i·ga·tion·al, adjective

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nav·i·ga·tion Audio Help (nāv'ĭ-gā'shən) Pronunciation Key
n.

The theory and practice of navigating, especially the charting of a course for a ship or aircraft.
Travel or traffic by vessels, especially commercial shipping.

nav'i·ga'tion·al adj., nav'i·ga'tion·al·ly adv.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
navigation

1533, from L. navigationem (nom. navigatio), from navigatus, pp. of navigare "to sail, sail over, go by sea, steer a ship," from navis "ship" (see naval) + root of agere "to drive" (see act). Navigable is attested from 1527; navigate is a back-formation, first attested 1588; later extended to balloons (1784) and aircraft.

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navigation
noun
1.	the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
2.	ship traffic; "the channel will be open to navigation as soon as the ice melts"
3.	the work of a sailor [syn: seafaring]

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ˌnaviˈgation noun

the art or skill of navigating

Arabic:	مِلاحَه
Chinese (Simplified):	航行
Chinese (Traditional):	航行
Czech:	navigace, navigační umění
Danish:	navigation
Dutch:	navigatie
Estonian:	navigatsioon
Finnish:	merenkulkutaito
French:	navigation
German:	die Nautik
Greek:	ναυσιπλοΐα
Hungarian:	hajózás
Icelandic:	siglingafræði
Indonesian:	navigasi
Italian:	navigazione

Japanese:	航行
Korean:	항해술, 항해학
Latvian:	navigācija; kuģniecība
Lithuanian:	navigacija, laivyba, laivavedyba
Norwegian:	navigering, navigasjon
Polish:	nawigacja
Portuguese (Brazil):	navegação
Portuguese (Portugal):	navegação
Romanian:	navigaţie
Russian:	управление; навигация
Slovak:	navigácia
Slovenian:	plovstvo, navigacija
Spanish:	navegación
Swedish:	navigation, navigering
Turkish:	seyrüsefer, seyretme

See also: navigable, navigator, navigate

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Navigation

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.

A["e]rial navigation, the act or art of sailing or floating in the air, as by means of ballons; a["e]ronautic.

Inland navigation, Internal navigation, navigation on rivers, inland lakes, etc.

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