Princeton's WordNet

1. navigation, pilotage, piloting(noun)

   the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place

2. navigation(noun)

   ship traffic

   "the channel will be open to navigation as soon as the ice melts"

3. seafaring, navigation, sailing(noun)

   the work of a sailor

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

1. navigation(noun)ˌnæv ɪˈgeɪ ʃən

   the act or skill of navigating

   navigation through dangerous waters; the pilots skilled navigation

Wiktionary

1. navigation(Noun)

   The theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or a spaceship

2. navigation(Noun)

   Traffic or travel by vessel, especially commercial shipping

3. navigation(Noun)

   A canal

Origin: From navigationem, accusative singular of navigatio, from navigatus, perfect passive participle of navigo.

Webster Dictionary

1. Navigation(noun)

   the act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable

2. Navigation(noun)

   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. Navigation(noun)

   the management of sails, rudder, etc.; the mechanics of traveling by water; seamanship

4. Navigation(noun)

   ships in general

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