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 [nav-i-gey-shuhn]   Origin

nav·i·ga·tion

   [nav-i-gey-shuhn]
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; < Latin nāvigātiōn- (stem of nāvigātiō) a voyage. See navigate, -ion

Related forms
nav·i·ga·tion·al, adjective
mis·nav·i·ga·tion, noun
non·nav·i·ga·tion, noun
re·nav·i·ga·tion, noun
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navigation
1530s, 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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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