navigation

Meanings

Plural: navigations

Noun

• the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
• ship traffic
  • "the channel will be open to navigation as soon as the ice melts"
• the work of a sailor
• The theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a road vehicle, ship, aircraft, or spaceship.
• Traffic or travel by vessel, especially commercial shipping.
• A canal.
• The act of accessing different components of the user interface of software.
• The process of finding a way through a difficult situation.

Synonyms

pilotage, piloting, sailing, seafaring