Meaning

5 senses
  1. (uncountable, 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

    Navigation

    навига́цияnavigácija

    навіга́ціяnavihácija

  2. (uncountable, usually)Traffic or travel by vessel, especially commercial shipping.

    Schifffahrt

    пла́ваниеplávanije, морепла́ваниеmoreplávanije, судохо́дствоsudoxódstvo

    пла́ванняplávannja, морепла́ванняmoreplávannja, морепла́вствоmoreplávstvo

    ship traffic

  3. (countable, usually)A canal; a waterway comprising one or more canals and river stretches in communication with one another.

    the Schuylkill Navigation

  4. (uncountable, usually)The act of accessing different components of the user interface of software.

  5. (uncountable, usually)The process of finding a way through a difficult situation.

Examples

24 sentences
  1. Early explorers used the stars for navigation.

    ruРанние исследователи использовали звёзды для навигации.

    deDie ersten Entdecker richteten sich bei der Navigation nach den Sternen.

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  2. The harbor is closed to navigation.

    ruПорт закрыт для судоходства.

    deDer Hafen ist für die Schifffahrt gesperrt.

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  3. He has a superficial knowledge of navigation.

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  4. He succeeded in applying steam to navigation.

    ruЕму удалось применить пар в судоходстве.

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  5. I don't really understand this site's navigation.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship:
traffic or travel by vessel:
Русский
By meaning 2
theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship:
traffic or travel by vessel:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship:
traffic or travel by vessel:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French navigation, from Latin nāvigātiōnem, accusative singular of nā

Borrowed from Middle French navigation, from Latin nāvigātiōnem, accusative singular of nāvigātiō (“sailing, navigation”), from nāvigō (“sail”). Morphologically navigate + -ion.

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