navigation
Americannoun
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the act or process of navigating.
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the art or science of plotting, ascertaining, or directing the course of a ship, aircraft, or guided missile.
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Computers.
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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.
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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.
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noun
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the skill or process of plotting a route and directing a ship, aircraft, etc, along it
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the act or practice of navigating
dredging made navigation of the river possible
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rare ship traffic; shipping
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dialect an inland waterway; canal
Other Word Forms
- misnavigation noun
- navigational adjective
- nonnavigation noun
- renavigation noun
Etymology
Origin of navigation
First recorded in 1520–30; from Latin nāvigātiōn- (stem of nāvigātiō ) “a voyage”; navigate, -ion
Example Sentences
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Iran’s naval drones don’t seem to be as sophisticated as Ukraine’s, according to military experts, and they lack such features as Starlink-enabled navigation.
Transit passage rights through straits remain applicable during armed conflicts and suspending commercial navigation through Hormuz "cannot be lawful" barring exceptional circumstances, he added.
From Barron's
“All of those cannot replace freedom of navigation through the Gulf,” Al-Sabah said.
From Barron's
They have also called for transforming the Strait of Hormuz—an international waterway where free navigation is guaranteed under international law—into an Iranian toll booth controlling one-third of the world’s shipborne crude oil.
Published in Science, the research shows that ravens rely on spatial memory and navigation to locate food spread across the landscape.
From Science Daily
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