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Navigation \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.
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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.
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3. Ships in general. [Poetic] --Shak.
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{Aerial navigation}, the act or art of sailing or floating in
the air, as by means of airplanes or ballons; aviation;
aeronautic.

{Inland navigation}, {Internal navigation}, navigation on
rivers, inland lakes, etc.
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