'Aerial navigation' definitions:

Definition of 'Aerial navigation'

From: GCIDE
  • Navigation \Nav`i*ga"tion\, n. [L. navigatio: cf. F. navigation.]
  • 1. The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (a) The science or art of conducting ships or vessels from one place to another, including, more especially, the method of determining a ship's position, course, distance passed over, etc., on the surface of the globe, by the principles of geometry and astronomy. (b) The management of sails, rudder, etc.; the mechanics of traveling by water; seamanship. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Ships in general. [Poetic] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Aerial navigation, the act or art of sailing or floating in the air, as by means of airplanes or ballons; aviation; aeronautic.
  • Inland navigation, Internal navigation, navigation on rivers, inland lakes, etc. [1913 Webster]