navigation has definitions from the fields of nautical,work,transportation,business
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[ noun ] (nautical) the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place

Synonyms

piloting pilotage

Used in print

(John Harnsberger and Robert P. Wilkins,...)

In September 1822 two companies of infantry arrived_at the mouth of the St._Peter's_River , the head of navigation on the Mississippi , and began construction of Fort_St._Anthony which , upon completion , was renamed in_honor_of its commander , Colonel_Josiah_Snelling .

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[ noun ] (nautical,transportation,business) ship traffic

Examples

"the channel will be open to navigation as soon as the ice melts"

Related terms

transportation voyage

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