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Navigation

//nævɪˈɡeɪʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a road vehicle, ship, aircraft, or spaceship. uncountable, usually

    "An ocean-going yachtsman must be competent at night navigation"

  2. 2
    the work of a sailor wordnet
  3. 3
    Traffic or travel by vessel, especially commercial shipping. uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place wordnet
  5. 5
    A canal. countable, usually
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  1. 6
    ship traffic wordnet
  2. 7
    The act of accessing different components of the user interface of software. uncountable, usually
  3. 8
    The process of finding a way through a difficult situation. uncountable, usually

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French navigation, from Latin nāvigātiōnem, accusative singular of nāvigātiō (“sailing, navigation”), from nāvigātus, perfect passive participle of nāvigō (“sail”). Morphologically navigate + -ion.

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