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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place;
[syn: navigation, pilotage, piloting]

2. ship traffic;
- Example: "the channel will be open to navigation as soon as the ice melts"

3. the work of a sailor;
[syn: seafaring, navigation, sailing]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. Ships in general. [Poetic] --Shak. [1913 Webster] Aerial navigation, the act or art of sailing or floating in the air, as by means of airplanes or ballons; aviation; aeronautic. Inland navigation, Internal navigation, navigation on rivers, inland lakes, etc. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

navigation n 1: the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place [syn: navigation, pilotage, piloting] 2: ship traffic; "the channel will be open to navigation as soon as the ice melts" 3: the work of a sailor [syn: seafaring, navigation, sailing]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

navigation navigating Finding your way around a website. Many sites have some kind of navigation bar. One of the first web browsers was called Netscape Navigator. (2008-11-17)