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Celestial navigation — Celestial navigation, also known as astronavigation, is a position fixing technique that was devised to help sailors cross the featureless oceans without having to rely on dead reckoning to enable them to strike land. Celestial navigation uses… … Wikipedia
celestial navigation — n. navigation based on observation of the sun, moon, stars, or planets to determine position … English World dictionary
celestial navigation — navigation by means of observations made of the apparent position of heavenly bodies. Also called astronavigation, celo navigation. [1935 40] * * * use of the observed positions of celestial bodies to determine a navigator s position. At… … Universalium
Celestial Navigation (The West Wing) — See celestial navigation for the navigation related article. Infobox Television episode Title = Celestial Navigation Series = The West Wing Caption = Season = 1 Episode = 15 Airdate = February 162000 Production = 225914 Writer = Aaron Sorkin… … Wikipedia
celestial navigation — n. astronavigation, navigation of a ship or aircraft according to the position of celestial objects; navigation in space between celestial bodies … English contemporary dictionary
celestial navigation — Synonyms and related words: VAR, aspect, astronavigation, attitude, automatic electronic navigation, azimuth, bearing, bearings, chronometer, coastwise navigation, consolan, dead reckoning, electronic navigation, exposure, fix, frontage, lay, lie … Moby Thesaurus
celestial navigation — noun Date: 1939 navigation by observation of the positions of celestial bodies … New Collegiate Dictionary
celestial navigation — /səˌlɛstiəl nævəˈgeɪʃən/ (say suh.lesteeuhl navuh gayshuhn) noun navigation based on the positions of celestial bodies. Also, astronavigation …
celestial navigation — noun Navigation by using the positions of the stars and other heavenly bodies Syn: astronavigation … Wiktionary
celestial navigation — noun navigation using the sun, moon, and stars … English new terms dictionary
