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  Navigation \Nav`i*ga"tion\, n. [L. navigatio: cf. F.
     navigation.]
     1. The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in
        ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable.
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     2.
        (a) 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.
        (b) The management of sails, rudder, etc.; the mechanics
            of traveling by water; seamanship.
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     3. Ships in general. [Poetic] --Shak.
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     A["e]rial navigation, the act or art of sailing or floating
        in the air, as by means of airplanes or ballons; aviation;
        a["e]ronautic.
  
     Inland navigation, Internal navigation, navigation on
        rivers, inland lakes, etc.
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     Inland navigation, Internal navigation, navigation on
        rivers, inland lakes, etc.