circumnavigation
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cir·cum·nav·i·gate
(sûr′kəm-năv′ĭ-gāt′)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.
cir′cum·nav′i·ga′tion n.
cir′cum·nav′i·ga′tor n.
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Noun | 1. | 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" |
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Translations
طَوافٌ حَوْلَ، دَوران
cesta kolem světaobeplutí
jordomsejlingomsejlingverdensomsejling
körülhajózás
sigling umhverfis
oboplávanie
dünyanın etrafını dolaşma
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
circumnavigation
[ˌsɜːrkəmnævɪˈgeɪʃən] n [island] → circumnavigation f; [globe, world] → tour f du monde en bateauCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
circumnavigation
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
circumnavigate
(səːkəmˈnӕvigeit) verb to sail round (especially the world).
ˈcircumˌnaviˈgation nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.