Definition of navigation Navigation

/næˈvʌgejˈʃʌn/ - [natvugeyshun] - nav•i•ga•tion

We found 16 definitions of navigation from 8 different sources.

What does navigation mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: navigations
navigation - the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
		pilotage, piloting
		guidance, steering, direction the act of guiding or showing the way
		instrument flying navigation of an airplane solely by instruments
		astronavigation, celestial navigation navigating according to the positions of the stars
		dead reckoning navigation without the aid of celestial observations
navigation - ship traffic; "the channel will be open to navigation as soon as the ice melts"
		shipping, transport, transportation conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry
navigation - the work of a sailor
		seafaring, sailing
		employment, work the occupation for which you are paid; "he is looking for employment"; "a lot of people are out of work"
		cabotage navigation in coastal waters
		steerage, steering the cheapest accommodations on a passenger ship

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Wiktionary

navigation (Noun)
The theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or a spaceship.
navigation (Noun)
Traffic or travel by vessel, especially commercial shipping.
navigation (Noun)
A canal.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

navigation (n.)
The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable.
navigation (n.)
the science or art of conducting ships or vessels from one place to another, including, more especially, the method of determining a ship's position, course, distance passed over, etc., on the surface of the globe, by the principles of geometry and astronomy.
navigation (n.)
The management of sails, rudder, etc.; the mechanics of traveling by water; seamanship.
navigation (n.)
Ships in general.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

navigation
The science or art of conducting ships or aircraft from one place to another, esp. the method of determining position, course, and distance travelled over the surface of the earth by the principles of geometry and astronomy and by reference to devices (as radar beacons or instruments) designed as aids.
navigation
The transport and movement of goods, people and animals over water.

Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️

navigation
(navigation, Fr.) the art of directing the movements of a ship by the action of the wind upon the sails. See the article SAILING.
Navigation is then applied, with equal propriety, to the arrangement of the sails, according to the state of the wind; and to the directing and measuring a ship’s course by the laws of geometry; or it may comprehend both, being then considered as the theory and practice thereof.
Since every sea-officer is presumed to be furnished with books of navigation, in which that science is copiously described, it would be superfluous to enter into a particular detail of it in this place. As it would also be a fruitless task to those who are entirely ignorant of the rules of trigonometry, it appears not to come within the limits of our design: and those who are versed in that science generally understand the principles of navigation already. It suffices to say, that the course of a ship, and the distance she has run thereon, are measured by the angles and sides of a right-angled plain triangle, in which the hypothenuse is converted into the distance; the perpendicular, into the difference of latitude; the base, into the departure from the meridian; the angle, formed by the perpendicular and hypothenuse, into the course; and the opposite angle, contained between the hypothenuse and base, into its complement of the course.
The course of the ship is determined by the compass; and the log-line, or a solar observation, ascertains the distance. Hence the hypothenuse and angles are given, to find the base and perpendicular; a problem well known in trigonometry.
That part of navigation, which regards the piloting or conducting a ship along the sea-coast, can only be acquired by a thorough knowledge of that particular coast, after repeated voyages. The most necessary articles thereof are already described in the article COASTING: it is sufficient to observe, that the bearings and distances from various parts of the shore are generally ascertained in the night, either by light-houses, or by the different depths of the water, and the various sorts of ground at the bottom; as shells of different sizes and colours, sand, gravel, clay, stones, ooze, or shingle. In the day, the ship’s place is known by the appearance of the land, which is set by the compass, whilst the distance is estimated by the master or pilot.

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

navigation
The art of conducting vessels on the sea, not only by the peculiar knowledge of seamanship in all its intricate details, but also by such a knowledge of the higher branches of nautical astronomy as enables the commander to hit his port, after a long succession of bad weather, and an absence of three or four months from all land. Any man without science may navigate the entire canals of Great Britain, but may be unable to pass from Plymouth to Guernsey.

Wikipedia

Navigation is how ships or planes find their way from one place to another place. The word navigation came from the word "navgatih" from the language of Sanskrit.

Modern Navigation.

Navigation can also be used to talk about traffic. For example "The channel will be open to navigation when the bridge has be opened".

Words that mean the same thing as navigation are: Sailing, Seafaring, Pilotage, Piloting