astrogation
1
9.9
- noun
- /ˌæstrəˈɡeɪʃən/
- Specialized
- The search cascaded across its processors, the decompressed data of its libraries clobbering astrogation calculations it had performed only hours before.
- ship's astrogation
Examples
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In the control room, glimpsed only briefly before the duty tech looked up at the camera, frowned, and cut it from the circuit, the ship's full astrogation team hunched over the consoles, comparing the readings from the buoys at the edge of the Exchange Point's parent system with the numbers already plugged into their equations.
Fiction book (1990) -
After years of training, she mastered the complex techniques of astrogation required for deep space travel.
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Must I explain the basic elements of astrogation to you?
Fiction book (1992) -
The bear went silent, as did the ship's astrogation panel.
Fiction book (2000) -
What's marching got to do with astrogation or flying clippers?
Fiction book (1999) -
No matter; ancient human-built artificial intelligences performed all necessary astrogation.
Fiction book (2001) -
Gunnery was unmanned, and Plotting, Engineering, Battle Comp, Astrogation...
Fiction book (1992) -
Astrogation, communications, shipyard repairs, and medical care - all these are only possible because of computers strung like beads of water on a net between the stars.
Fiction book (2001) -
In terms of skills, he gets four career skills (Astrogation, Pilot (Space), Knowledge (Outer Rim), and Charm), two bonus 'Trader' career skills (Deceit and Negotiation), and a choice of two non-career skills because of the special ability for humans (Streetwise and Mechanics).
Blog text (21) -
The AI delved into its package of pedagogical visualization software, applied its tremendous processing power (sufficient for the occult mathematics of astrogation), and rendered the spectacles of that long, slow trip.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
96
3.6
Planning and guiding vehicles like ships or planes from one place to another
2
7.9
The study of how to build and use spacecraft for travel beyond Earth
1
7.7
A way to find where you are at sea by using stars, the Sun, and the Moon
1
9.9
Finding a place and direction by looking at stars
1
8.2
The science and technology of traveling and exploring space beyond Earth
A way to guide a vehicle like a spaceship using stars and planets
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
astrogation = navigate (semi-transparent) = astro + navig + ation
The meaning is fairly clear from astro- plus the navigation base, but the surface form is irregular and clipped rather than a fully regular derivation.
Etymology
Astrogation combines astro- ('star')—the same astro- in astronomy and astronaut—with navigation ('to steer' or 'find a way'). So, astrogation means the skill of steering or finding a path among the stars, which is why it refers to navigating a spacecraft.