navigation
/nævɪˈɡeɪʃən/
navigation noun: the theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a road vehicle, ship, aircraft, or spaceship.
Noun
navigation (usually uncountable, plural navigations)
- 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
- 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]
- A canal; a waterway comprising one or more canals and river stretches in communication with one another.
- the Schuylkill Navigation
- The act of accessing different components of the user interface of software.
- The process of finding a way through a difficult situation.
navigation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
navigation in Hindi
- theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- नेविगेशन nevigeśan, दिक्चालन dikcālan
navigation in Tamil
- வழிசெலுத்தல், நாவாயோட்டல், கடற்பயணம், கலம் செல் பயணம், கடற் பயணம், நீர்வழிச் செலவு
navigation in Marathi
- नेव्हिगेशन
navigation in Urdu
- theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- جَہاز رانی jahāz rānī, سَمْت شَناسی samt śanāsī, نیوِیگیشَن nevīgeśan, اِرائَت irāat
More languagesFewer languages
- navigation in Bengali
- ন্যাভিগেইশ্ন্ nêbhigeiśn
- navigation in Telugu
- నావిగేషన్
- navigation in Malayalam
- ജലഗതാഗതം, വ്യോമയാനം
- navigation in Kannada
- ಸಮುದ್ರಯಾನ, ಸಮುದ್ರಪ್ರಯಾಣ, ಹಡಗು ಸಂಚಾರ, ನೌಕಾಯಾನ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ
- navigation in Punjabi
- ਨੇਵੀਗੇਸ਼ਨ, ਨੈਵੀਗੇਸ਼ਨ
- navigation in Gujarati
- વહાણવટું vahāṇvaṭũ
- navigation in Odia
- ନେଭିଗେସନ୍, ନାଭିଗେସନ୍
- navigation in Nepali
- नेभिगेसन
- navigation in Tagalog
- paglalayag
- navigation in Arabic
- مِلَاحَة milāḥa
- navigation in Malay
- navigasi
- navigation in Indonesian
- navigasi
- navigation in Thai
- การนำเครื่องบิน aircraft, การเดินเรือ gaan-dəən-rʉʉa, การนำทาง gaan-nam-taang
- navigation in Vietnamese
- sự điều hướng, sự đi biển, hàng hải
Examples of navigation in a sentence
- Historically, trigonometry has been applied in areas such as geodesy, surveying, celestial mechanics and navigation.
- We sailed full and by for quite a while before getting down to serious navigation.
- Aidless navigation has the advantage of not requiring equipment, but is much less accurate.
Forms of navigation
| plural | navigations |
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Origin of navigation
Borrowed from Middle French navigation, from Latin nāvigātiōnem, accusative singular of nāvigātiō (“sailing, navigation”), from nāvigō (“sail”). Morphologically navigate + -ion.
Words formed from navigation
- aeronavigation
- air navigation
- astronavigation
- avigation
- celestial navigation
- circumnavigation
- cybernavigation
- freedom of navigation
- geonavigation
- global navigation satellite system
- grid navigation
- head of navigation
- hyperbolic navigation
- hyperbolic navigation system
- hypernavigation
- inertial navigation
- inertial navigation system
- inertial navigation unit
- inland navigation
- internal navigation
- metanavigation
- misnavigation
- mystery meat navigation
- navigational
- navigation bar
- navigation channel
- navigation laws
- navigation light
- navigation mesh
- neuronavigation
- nonnavigation
- proportional navigation
- radio navigation
- radionavigation
- renavigation
- safe navigation operator
- satellite navigation
- satellite navigation system
- satnav
- slack-water navigation
- soft navigation
- space navigation
- subnavigation
- TACAN
- taxonavigation
- terrestrial navigation
- turn-by-turn navigation
Phrases with navigation
Words that rhyme with navigation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about navigation
- What does navigation mean?
- Navigation means the theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a road vehicle, ship, aircraft, or spaceship.
- What is navigation in Hindi?
- Navigation in Hindi is नेविगेशन (nevigeśan), दिक्चालन (dikcālan). See Navigation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is navigation?
- Navigation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce navigation?
- Navigation is pronounced /nævɪˈɡeɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of navigation?
- The plural of navigation is navigations.
Words near navigation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: navigation (page history and authors); navigation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); navigation (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); navigation (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); navigation (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); navigation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); navigation (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); વહાણવટું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); navigation (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); navigation (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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