nav.

Noun

navigation (usually uncountable, plural navigations)

1. (usually) The theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a road vehicle, ship, aircraft, or spaceship.
   • An ocean-going yachtsman must be competent at night navigation
2. (usually) Traffic or travel by vessel, especially commercial shipping.
   • CHESAPEAKE AND DELAWARE CANAL. Notice is hereby given, that this CANAL is NOW OPEN FOR NAVIGATION. The Locks are 100 feet in length, by 22 feet in width, and the Canal can be navigated by Vessels within those dimensions, and drawing 7 feet of water. The rates of Toll have been fixed so low, as to...1829, Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company, [Broadside advertisement, posted bill]
3. (countable, usually) A canal; a waterway comprising one or more canals and river stretches in communication with one another.
   • the Schuylkill Navigation
4. (usually) The act of accessing different components of the user interface of software.
5. (usually) The process of finding a way through a difficult situation.