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avigation
[ av-i-gey-shuhn ]
Other Word Forms
- i·tǰ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of avigation1
Example Sentences
He faces reckless endangerment and avigation in and over the city charges, police said.
Through 27 chapters he guided the student off the ground, through rudimentary flight, and back to earth again; told him about motors, propellers, wing lift, etc. ; took off with him again for turns, climbs, glides, later for stalls and spins and aerobatics; sent him soloing; proceeding thence through discussions of "avigation," instruments, fuels, radio, accessories, etc.
They do not fly entirely by blind instinct, but apparently have their own system of avigation.
Decommissioned nearly three years ago, partly dismantled and condemned as unfit for further avigation, the 11-year-old Los Angeles had bein reconditioned not to fly but to determine how she might weather a year's uninterrupted exposure to the elements.
According to terms laid down by the Postmaster General, United Avigation was not qualified to bid because none of its member companies had completed six months of night flying over a 250 mi. route.
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More About Avigation
isavigation?
Avigation is navigation in the air or skies.
Avigation is a specialized term used in the context of aircraft and spacecraft. Avigation involves measuring and monitoring a craft’s location, angle, and speed using tools like GPS, Inertial Reference Systems (IRS), and radio avigation systems.
Navigation is often used interchangeably with avigation, especially in everyday conversations.
Avigation can also be used to describe the actions of flocks of birds determining where to fly or migrate, although this is rare.
Example: Vivek passed his first flight exam, but his avigation skills were still weak.
Where doesپDzcome from?
Avigation combines the combining form avi-, meaning “bird,” and navigation, meaning “the act or process of navigating.”
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are some other forms related to avigation?
- avigator (noun)
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are some words avigation may be commonly confused with?
How is پDzused in real life?
Avigation is a specialized term that is rarely used outside of the context of air travel.
THE TRAVERSE the dark side of the moon.
Apollo control Houston, standing by with anxiety. Six hundred and sixty nautical miles.
Go no go, go.
Continue avigation Apollo 8. All systems go. Data examined, set appearance.
We are go, I repeat we are go.
[weeping]— et al. (@botanicalalien)
A fav from John Adams (abbr): I must study politics & war that my sons (& daughters!) may study math & philosophy, they ought to study math & phil, geog, natural history, avigation, commerce, & agri so their kidos may study painting, poetry, music, arch, statuary/arts
— J Box-Steffensmeier (@jboxstef)
Selectmen approve a grant for an avigation easement project at Mansfield Municipal Airport for trimming trees along the runway.
— Sun Chron Mansfield (@SCMansfield)
Try usingavigation!
True or False?
Avigation includes monitoring how many people are on board the aircraft.
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