- 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 forms: verb pilot2, verb pilot1 - piloting, pilotage - the occupation of a pilot
--2 is a kind of trade, craft
Derived forms: verb pilot2, verb pilot1