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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Navigation of a ship or aircraft based on measurements of time and the positions of celestial bodies.
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- noun nautical Navigation by using the
positions of thestars and otherheavenly bodies .
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- noun navigating according to the positions of the stars
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