- navigation, pilotage, piloting - the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
--1 is a kind of steering, guidance, direction
--1 has particulars:instrument flying; celestial navigation, astronavigation; dead reckoning Derived form: verb navigate2 - navigation - ship traffic; "the channel will be open to navigation as soon as the ice melts"
--2 is a kind of transportation, shipping, transport
Derived form: verb navigate1 - seafaring, navigation, sailing - the work of a sailor
--3 is a kind of employment, work
--3 has parts: steering, steerage
--3 has particulars: cabotage