navigation

[ nav-i-gey-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act or process of navigating.
2. the art or science of plotting, ascertaining, or directing the course of a ship, aircraft, or guided missile.
3. Computers.
   1. the act or process of moving from one part of a website, software program, document, etc., to another part, especially by using links or menus.
   2. the design and placement of user interface elements like links and menus that allow a user to move from one part of a website, software program, document, etc., to another part.

navigation

/ ˌnævɪˈɡeɪʃən /

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. rare.
   ship traffic; shipping
4. dialect.
   an inland waterway; canal

Derived Forms

• ˌnaviˈgational, adjective

Other Words From

• nav·i·ga·tion·al adjective
• mis·nav·i·ga·tion noun
• non·nav·i·ga·tion noun
• re·nav·i·ga·tion noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of navigation¹

First recorded in 1520–30; from Latin nāvigātiōn- (stem of nāvigātiō ) “a voyage”; navigate, -ion

Example Sentences

And increasingly smart navigation aids in the cockpit brought far greater precision and efficiency to route planning.

From The Daily Beast

The flight management computers include the navigation data programmed for every flight.

From The Daily Beast

Finally, traveling at speeds of up to 3.6 miles per second makes guidance, navigation, and control tricky problems.

From The Daily Beast

He envisions an Asia “where,” as he told the Australian parliament, “commerce and freedom of navigation are not impeded.”

From The Daily Beast

Within the ICAO is the Air Navigation Commission, charged with “the safety and efficiency of international civil aviation.”

From The Daily Beast

On his return he again doubled cape Good Hope, which had long been regarded as the ne plus ultra of navigation.

From Project Gutenberg

The Steam Navigation Company built them, and many others of different sizes.

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The variation in this interval is almost too trifling to be noticed for the purposes of common navigation.

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Lauritz Seehus was promoted to be mate; in the winter he had been up to Bergen, and had passed in navigation.

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He had access to the ocean only in a latitude in which navigation is, during a great part of every year, perilous and difficult.

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Related Words

• boating
• exploration
• shipping