Nav`i*ga"tion (?), n.
[L. navigatio: cf. F. navigation.]
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.
Aërial navigation, the act or art of sailing or
floating in the air, as by means of ballons; aëronautic. -- Inland
navigation, Internal navigation,
navigation on rivers,
inland lakes, etc.
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