navigation
/nævɪˈɡeɪʃən/ noun B2- 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.
- 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.
Plural navigations
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However, those experienced in navigation saw plainly that if any accident had occurred, it was not to the vessel herself, for she bore down with all the evidence of being skilfully handled, the anchor a-cockbill, the jib-boom guys already eased off, and standing by the side of the pilot, who was steering the Pharaon towards the narrow entrance of the inner port, was a young man, who, with activity and vigilant eye, watched every motion of the ship, and repeated each direction of the pilot.
We spend hours practicing boat handling, marine navigation, and advanced first aid techniques.
This area of the brain is responsible for spatial memory and navigation.
The ubiquitous glow of satellite navigation has irrevocably transformed our fundamental relationship with the physical spaces we traverse daily.
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