navigation

Definition of Navigation in English :

1. navigation, pilotage, piloting

the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place

2. navigation

ship traffic

Example Sentences:
'the channel will be open to navigation as soon as the ice melts'

3. navigation, sailing, seafaring

the work of a sailor

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Navigation

noun

1.

the skill or process of plotting a route and directing a ship, aircraft, etc, along it

2.

the act or practice of navigating

dredging made navigation of the river possible

3. US rare

ship traffic; shipping

4. English Midlands dialect

an inland waterway; canal

noun

1.

the act or practice of navigating

2.

the science of locating the position and plotting the course of ships and aircraft

3.

traffic by ship

n.

1. The theory and practice of navigating, especially the charting of a course for a ship or aircraft.

2. Travel or traffic by vessels, especially commercial shipping.