navigation

 
Pronunciation: /navɪˈgeɪʃ(ə)n/

noun

[mass noun]
  • 1the process or activity of accurately ascertaining one’s position and planning and following a route: Columbus corrected his westward course by celestial navigation
  • 2the passage of ships: transporter bridges to span rivers without hindering navigation
  • [count noun] chiefly dialect a navigable inland waterway, especially a canal: most of the navigation from Wormley to Tottenham was frozen
  • 3 Computing the action of moving around a website, the Internet, etc..

Derivatives

navigational

adjective

navigationally

adverb

Origin:

early 16th century (denoting travel on water): from French, or from Latin navigatio(n-), from the verb navigare (see navigate)