Navigation

1. The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable.
2. Ships in general.
1. The science or art of conducting ships or vessels from one place to another, including, more especially, the method of determining a ship's position, course, distance passed over, etc., on the surface of the globe, by the principles of geometry and astronomy.
2. The management of sails, rudder, etc.; the mechanics of traveling by water; seamanship.
Aërial navigation ,
the act or art of sailing or floating in the air, as by means of airplanes or ballons; aviation; aëronautic.
Inland navigation, Internal navigation ,
navigation on rivers, inland lakes, etc.