navigation
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3.6
- noun
- /ˌnævɪˈɡeɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
navegación
- During our road trip, we used a GPS device for navigation to avoid getting lost.
- freedom of navigation
- communications and navigation
- ocean navigation
That's because this car doesn't have a navigation system.
- That's because this car doesn't have a navigation system.
- There used to be an art to navigation.
- That's why we made clear as well that freedom of navigation must be maintained in the South China Sea.
- So I'm going to give this thing a try real quick and see how the navigation system works.
- When the world switched from flat to round, you have to change your navigation instruments.
- So he had learned spatial navigation, pretty much never having done much of it himself.
- But my all time favorite annoyance with remote touch is entering a navigation destination in an Audi or BMW.
- And you do this land navigation course, which is called the star course, basic land, land now.
- For example, qualifying with weapons, qualifying and land navigation came a little bit later, medical stuff, CQB stuff.
- He wants to have one side is traditional navigation and the scientific.
Examples
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Coalition forces also made effective use of navigation data from global positioning satellites.
Academic text (1991) -
We will have a lesson in navigation.
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Crazy to see navigation like that in a car like this.
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The navigation system is gone.
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It's both our science instrument and our navigation camera.
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Even in the army they teach basic navigation.
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Even today, with a satellite navigation device, you can be off by ten or twenty feet.
Fiction book (1997) -
The history of ships, navigation, and exploration is a whole realm you may not need to enter.
Academic text (2008) -
That's because this car doesn't have a navigation system.
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The very latest cars are already equipped with in-car navigation systems and, of course, telephones.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
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7.5
A device in a car or boat that shows the route
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3.5
Deciding and directing the path that things take, like internet data or packages
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5.5
Finding a route from one place to another, often used in computer games and robots
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.7
A way to find where you are at sea by using stars, the Sun, and the Moon
- Specialized
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7.2
A machine that uses its own sensors to find a moving object's position and speed without outside signals
- Specialized
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8.3
A way to find position and speed using motion sensors without external signals
- Specialized
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3.6
A light on a ship or plane that shows its position and direction at night
- Jargon
Buttons or links that hide their function so users must guess what they do
How Precise
- Specialized
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Navigation comes from the Latin navigare, from navis 'ship' and a part meaning 'to sail', and you can see the same root in navy. So navigation today still means planning and controlling how a ship, plane, or car moves from one place to another.