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navigation (s) (noun), navigations (pl)
1. Travel or traffic by ship, particularly commercial shipping: There is a lot of navigation in and out of Bremerhaven or Hamburg to different foreign countries.
2. The charting of a course for a road vehicle, an aircraft, vessel, or spacecraft: There is a lot of theory, practice, and technology involved in the night navigation of yachts or other sea-going boats.
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(Greek: ship; sailor; navigation)
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celestial navigation (s) (noun), celestial navigations (pl)
Movements by means of the observations made of the apparent positions of heavenly bodies.
This entry is located in the following units: astro-, astr- (page 8) celest- (page 1)
electronic navigation
1. The use of electronic aids to determine the position and to direct the course of a craft; such as, aircraft or water craft.
2. Navigation by means of any electronic device or instrument.
3. A means of determining a geographical position using electronic instruments, principally satellite navigation equipment.
Galileo Navigation System
This entry is located in the following units: Information Technology (IT): Units Listed (page 1) nav- (page 1)
Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS)
This entry is located in the following units: Information Technology (IT): Units Listed (page 1) nav- (page 1)