Associations to the word «Circumnavigation»

Wiktionary

CIRCUMNAVIGATION, noun. The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round.

Dictionary definition

CIRCUMNAVIGATION, noun. Traveling around something (by ship or plane); "Magellan's circumnavigation of the earth proved that it is a globe".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke