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NAVIGATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The work of a sailor
Synonyms:
navigation; sailing; seafaring
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("navigation" is a kind of...):
employment; work (the occupation for which you are paid)
Meronyms (parts of "navigation"):
steerage; steering (the act of steering a ship)
Domain member category:
spun yarn ((nautical) small stuff consisting of a lightweight rope made of several rope yarns loosely wound together)
stay ((nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar)
sternpost ((nautical) the principal upright timber at the stern of a vessel)
fireroom; stokehold; stokehole ((nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired)
towing line; towing rope; towline; towrope ((nautical) a rope used in towing)
capsizing ((nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in the water)
beam-ends ((nautical) at the ends of the transverse deck beams of a vessel)
bell; ship's bell ((nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.)
steerageway ((nautical) the minimum rate of motion needed for a vessel to be maneuvered)
stand out (steer away from shore, of ships)
starboard (turn to the right, of helms or rudders)
close-hauled (having the sails trimmed for sailing as close to the wind as possible)
fore (situated at or toward the bow of a vessel)
atrip; aweigh ((of an anchor) just clear of the bottom)
rigged (fitted or equipped with necessary rigging (sails and shrouds and stays etc))
unrigged (stripped of rigging)
fore-and-aft (parallel with the keel of a boat or ship)
close to the wind (nearly opposite to the direction from which wind is coming)
leg ((nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack)
tack; tacking ((nautical) the act of changing tack)
accommodation ladder ((nautical) a portable ladder hung over the side of a vessel to give access to small boats alongside)
becket ((nautical) a short line with an eye at one end and a knot at the other; used to secure loose items on a ship)
bilge well ((nautical) a well where seepage drains to be pumped away)
bitter end ((nautical) the inboard end of a line or cable especially the end that is wound around a bitt)
chip (a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line)
deadeye ((nautical) a round hardwood disk with holes and a grooved perimeter used to tighten a shroud)
escutcheon ((nautical) a plate on a ship's stern on which the name is inscribed)
jack ladder; Jacob's ladder; pilot ladder ((nautical) a hanging ladder of ropes or chains supporting wooden or metal rungs or steps)
laniard; lanyard ((nautical) a line used for extending or fastening rigging on ships)
lead line; sounding line ((nautical) plumb line for determining depth)
luff ((nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast)
overhead ((nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship)
ratlin; ratline ((nautical) a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship; they form a ladder for climbing aloft)
rudder ((nautical) steering mechanism consisting of a hinged vertical plate mounted at the stern of a vessel)
sea ladder; sea steps ((nautical) ladder to be lowered over a ship's side for coming aboard)
mainsheet; sheet; shroud; tack; weather sheet ((nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "navigation"):
cabotage (navigation in coastal waters)
Derivation:
navigational (of or relating to navigation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
Synonyms:
navigation; pilotage; piloting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("navigation" is a kind of...):
direction; guidance; steering (the act of setting and holding a course)
Domain member category:
barge (transport by barge on a body of water)
raft (transport on a raft)
ferry (transport from one place to another)
ferry (transport by ferry)
ferry (travel by ferry)
wear ship (turn away from the wind)
tack; wear round (turn into the wind)
outpoint (sail closer to the wind than)
rack; scud (run before a gale)
beat (sail with much tacking or with difficulty)
sail (travel on water propelled by wind)
yacht (travel in a yacht)
steam; steamer (travel by means of steam power)
boat (ride in a boat on water)
weather (sail to the windward of)
luff; point (sail close to the wind)
bear down on; bear down upon (sail towards another vessel, of a ship)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "navigation"):
instrument flying (navigation of an airplane solely by instruments)
astronavigation; celestial navigation (navigating according to the positions of the stars)
dead reckoning (navigation without the aid of celestial observations)
Derivation:
navigate (act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance)
navigational (of or relating to navigation)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Ship traffic
Example:
the channel will be open to navigation as soon as the ice melts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("navigation" is a kind of...):
shipping; transport; transportation (the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials)
Derivation:
navigate (travel on water propelled by wind or by other means)
navigational (of or relating to navigation)
Context examples:
The OSIRIS-REx team first observed a particle-ejection event in images captured by the spacecraft's navigation cameras taken on Jan. 6, just a week after the spacecraft entered its first orbit around Bennu.
(NASA's OSIRIS-REx Explains Bennu Mystery Particles, NASA)
Most of the charged particles are deflected, but some make their way into near-Earth space and can impact our satellites by damaging onboard electronics and disrupting communications or navigation signals.
(Space Weather Events Linked to Human Activity, NASA)
After a 10-month journey, confirmation of successful orbit insertion was received from MAVEN data observed at the Lockheed Martin operations center in Littleton, Colorado, as well as from tracking data monitored at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory navigation facility in Pasadena, California.
(Mars Mission Spacecraft Enters Orbit around Red Planet, NASA)
My father now and then sending me small sums of money, I laid them out in learning navigation, and other parts of the mathematics, useful to those who intend to travel, as I always believed it would be, some time or other, my fortune to do.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
If I could have been inspired with a knowledge of the science of navigation, taken the command of a fast-sailing expedition, and gone round the world on a triumphant voyage of discovery, I think I might have considered myself completely suited.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
All told, we had scarce two miles to run; but the navigation was delicate, the entrance to this northern anchorage was not only narrow and shoal, but lay east and west, so that the schooner must be nicely handled to be got in.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The theory of navigation, which enabled the ships to travel unerringly their courses over the pathless ocean, was made clear to him.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The peculiar knowledge of the pilot and captain sufficed for many thousands of people who knew no more of the sea and navigation than I knew.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
A reversing field might significantly affect navigation and satellite and other communications.
(Earth's last magnetic field reversal took far longer than once thought, National Science Foundation)
No stream could be more convenient for navigation, since the prevailing wind is south-east, and sailing boats may make a continuous progress to the Peruvian frontier, dropping down again with the current.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
