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  • 11Navigation — (Schiffahrtskunde, Nautik), die Lehre von den wissenschaftlichen Hilfsmitteln, ein Schiff sicher über See zu führen und seinen Ort jederzeit zu bestimmen. Die geographische oder terrestrische N. umfaßt die Bestimmung des Ortes des Schiffes nach… …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 12Navigation — Navigatiōn (lat.), s. Nautik …

    Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • 13navigation — the right of way of the public over a river to use it as a highway. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001 …

    Law dictionary

  • 14Navigation — (latin), den videnskab, der går ud på ved observationer og beregninger at finde vej over havet. 1. Beregning af et skibs eller luftfartøjs kurs. 2. Sejlkunst. 3. Det at styre et skib …

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  • 15navigation — [n] traveling, guiding along route, often over water aeronautics, boating, cruising, exploration, flying, helmsmanship, nautics, navigating, ocean travel, pilotage, piloting, plotting a course, sailing, seafaring, seamanship, shipping, steerage,… …

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  • 16navigation — Navigation, Nauigatio. Selon que les navigations auront cousté, Quanti nauigationes constiterint …

    Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • 17navigation — ► NOUN 1) the process or activity of navigating. 2) the passage of ships. DERIVATIVES navigational adjective …

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  • 18navigation — [nav΄ə gā′shən] n. [L navigatio] 1. the act or practice of navigating 2. the science of locating the position and plotting the course of ships and aircraft 3. traffic by ship navigational adj. navigationally adv …

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  • 19Navigation — This article is about determination of position and direction on or above the surface of the earth. For other uses, see Navigation (disambiguation). Table of geography, hydrography, and navigation, from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. Navigation is the… …

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  • 20navigation — navigational, adj. /nav i gay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of navigating. 2. the art or science of plotting, ascertaining, or directing the course of a ship, aircraft, or guided missile. [1520 30; < L navigation (s. of navigatio) a voyage.&#8230; …

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