astrogate
verb (used with or without object)
to navigate in outer space.
astrogation
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a word derived from
astrogate.
Example Sentences
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Space flight is still good for a yarn, but already one university offers a course in theoretical astrogation *.
From Time Magazine Archive
It threatened to interfere with the astrogation of the ship.
From The Pirates of Ersatz by Kelly Freas
Bowren remembered how his wife, Lora, had told him he was an idiot and a bore, and had walked out on him five years before; taken her three months course in astrogation, and left Earth.
From Thy Name Is Woman by Bryce Walton
He knew nothing about astrogation; but he knew that if he were heading directly toward the star, it ought to stay in the same place on his screen.
From The Worshippers by Ed Emshwiller
Come to think of it, I was getting loaded up with astrogation theory when I had to stop and pitch in on the gyros.
From Space Platform by Murray Leinster
