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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Navigation

/năv'-əg-āsh'-ən/ · Nav·i·ga·tion · IPA /nævɪˈɡeɪʃən/
01 n. The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable.
  1. 1.
    The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable.
  2. 2.
    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.
  3. 3.
    Ships in general.[Poetic]
Phrases & compounds
Aerial navigation — the act or art of sailing or floating in the air, as by means of airplanes or ballons; aviation; aeronautic.
Inland navigation — navigation on rivers, inland lakes, etc.