navigation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
    pilotage; piloting.
  2. noun ship traffic
    • the channel will be open to navigation as soon as the ice melts
  3. noun the work of a sailor
    seafaring; sailing.

WordNet

Nav`i*ga"tion noun
Etymology
L. navigatio: cf. F. navigation.
Definitions
  1. The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable.
  2. (a) 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. (b) The management of sails, rudder, etc.; the mechanics of traveling by water; seamanship.
  3. Ships in general. Poetic Shak.

Webster 1913