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CELESTIAL NAVIGATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does celestial navigation mean?
• CELESTIAL NAVIGATION (noun)
The noun CELESTIAL NAVIGATION has 1 sense:
1. navigating according to the positions of the stars
Familiarity information: CELESTIAL NAVIGATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Navigating according to the positions of the stars
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
astronavigation; celestial navigation
Hypernyms ("celestial navigation" is a kind of...):
navigation; pilotage; piloting (the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place)
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