navigating

2 definitions found

navigating - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Navigate \Nav"i*gate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Navigated; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Navigating.] [L. navigatus, p. p. of navigare, v.t.
     & i.; navis ship + agere to move, direct. See Nave, and
     Agent.]
     1. To journey by water; to go in a vessel or ship; to perform
        the duties of a navigator; to use the waters as a highway
        or channel for commerce or communication; to sail.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The Phenicians navigated to the extremities of the
              Western Ocean.                        --Arbuthnot.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To direct or operate a vehicle, especially a ship or
        aircraft.
        [PJC]
  
     3. To pass through, over, or around; -- used especially of a
        course having obstacles; as, to navigate around all the
        randomly scattered tables to the far side of the room.
        [PJC]

navigating - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  navigating
  
     <networking, hypertext> Finding your way around.  Often used
     of the Internet, particularly the World-Wide Web.
  
     A browser is a tool for navigating hypertext documents.
  
     (1995-03-25)