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CIRCUMNAVIGATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Traveling around something (by ship or plane)
Example:
Magellan's circumnavigation of the earth proved that it is a globe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("circumnavigation" is a kind of...):
travel; traveling; travelling (the act of going from one place to another)
Domain category:
aeroplane; airplane; plane (an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets)
Derivation:
circumnavigate (travel around, either by plane or ship)
