astronavigation
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- astronavigator noun
Etymology
Origin of astronavigation
First recorded in 1940–45; astro- + navigation
Example Sentences
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But unless some future space-cleaning agency removes it as a menace to astronavigation, Vanguard II itself will probably orbit silently for at least a century.
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Later Egyptians were careless about this detail of astronavigation, but not the pious First Dynasty forefathers.
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The cardinal principle of astronavigation is to keep far away from gravitational maelstroms.
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The increasing complexity of astronavigation has fostered the development of swifter and smaller computers that find no end of applications on earth.
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The best way to visualize space in terms of astronavigation is to think of it as a placid lake with a few widely separated whirlpools in its mirror surface.
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