Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The art or science of navigation.
- noun Aquatic sports and exercises.
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Examples
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During the short flight to Virginia the two Germans reminded Mott of the extraordinary group of people he was about to meet: "The National Advisory Committee for Aero-nautics"NACA, with each letter pronounced-is like nothing else in America.
Space Michener, James 1982
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"I suppose this will end up in the museum of Astro - nautics, when they decide where they're going to build it," he remarked.
The Sands of Mars Clarke, Arthur C. 1951
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He is evidently an actual, real water sailor who learned his nautics within the smell of bilgewater and the open sea.
The Dead Men's Song Being the Story of a Poem and a Reminiscent Sketch of its Author Young Ewing Allison Champion Ingraham Hitchcock
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Aeronautics and nautics are an effort toward angelhood.
Among the Forces Henry White Warren 1871
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The Indians are not the first people who have ascribed the origin of nautics to the ingenuity of the squirrel.
The Journey to the Polar Sea John Franklin 1816
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The Indians are not the first people who have ascribed the origin of nautics to the ingenuity of the squirrel.
Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 John Franklin 1816
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Such moneys as are paid over to the Massachusetts aero - nautics commission by the United States government shall in turn be paid over to said city or town for the use of the airport commission under such terms and conditions as may be imposed by the United States government in making such grant.
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0490-01 For the service of the Massachusetts aero - nautics commission, including not more than seventeen permanent positions.
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