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na·vi·ga·tion

UK/nævɪˈɡeɪʃən/ US/ˌnævʌˈɡeɪʃʌn/ fairly common

noun

1.

the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place

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2.

ship traffic

  • “the channel will be open to navigation as soon as the ice melts”
3.

the work of a sailor

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Origin

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

Phrases

  • air navigation
  • celestial navigation
  • freedom of navigation
  • grid navigation
  • head of navigation
  • hyperbolic navigation
  • hyperbolic navigation system
  • inertial navigation

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