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circumnavigation

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cir·cum·nav·i·gate  (sûrkm-nv-gt)
tr.v. cir·cum·nav·i·gat·ed, cir·cum·nav·i·gat·ing, cir·cum·nav·i·gates
1. To proceed completely around: circumnavigating the earth.
2. To go around; circumvent: circumnavigate the downtown traffic.
circum·navi·gation n.
circum·navi·gator n.
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Noun1.circumnavigation - traveling around something (by ship or plane); "Magellan's circumnavigation of the earth proved that it is a globe"
travel, traveling, travelling - the act of going from one place to another; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel"
aeroplane, airplane, plane - an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane"
Translations
circumnavigation [ˈsɜːkəmˌnævɪˈgeɪʃən] N → circunnavegación f
circumnavigation [ˌsɜːrkəmnævɪˈgeɪʃən] n [island] → circumnavigation f; [globe, world] → tour f du monde en bateau
circumnavigation
n → Fahrt f → (of um); (in yacht also) → Umseglung f; circumnavigation of the globe → Fahrt f → um die Welt; → Weltumseglung f
circumnavigation [ˈsɜːkəmˌnævɪˈgeɪʃ/ən] n → circumnavigazione f
circumnavigation [ˈsɜːkəmˌnævɪˈgeɪʃ/ən] n → circumnavigazione f


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There is much in that sound to inspire proud feelings; but whereto does all that circumnavigation conduct?
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
But not to speak of the passage through the whole length of the Mediterranean, and another passage up the Persian Gulf and Red Sea, such a supposition would involve the complete circumnavigation of all Africa in three days, not to speak of the Tigris waters, near the site of Nineveh, being too shallow for any whale to swim in.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
Captain Bonneville doubts this report, or that the men accomplished the circumnavigation, because, he says, the lake receives several large streams from the mountains which bound it to the east.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
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