HyperDic: circumnavigation

English > 1 sense of the word circumnavigation:
NOUNactcircumnavigationtraveling around something (by ship or plane)
English > circumnavigation: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaningtraveling around something (by ship or plane).
Example"Magellan's circumnavigation of the earth proved that it is a globe"
Categoryairplane, aeroplane, planeAn aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
Broadertravel, traveling, travellingThe act of going from one place to another
Spanishcircunnavegación
Catalancircumnavegació
Verbscircumnavigatetravel around, either by plane or ship

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