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RELATED WORDS : aviation medicine federal aviation agency international civil aviation organization

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun aviation has 4 senses

• aviation(n = noun.group) air power - the aggregation of a country's military aircraft; Array
is a kind of accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection

• aviation(n = noun.group) Array - the operation of aircraft to provide transportation; Array
is a kind of industry
Derived form verb aviate₁

• aviation(n = noun.cognition) airmanship - the art of operating aircraft; Array
is a kind of art, artistry, prowess
Derived form verb aviate₁

• aviation(n = noun.act) air, air travel - travel via aircraft; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air"
is a kind of travel, traveling, travelling
has particulars: flight, flying

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aviation

Navigation

N navigation, aquatics, boating, yachting, ship, oar, paddle, screw, sail, canvas, aileron, natation, swimming, fin, flipper, fish's tail, aerostation, aerostatics, aeronautics, balloonery, balloon, ballooning, aviation, airmanship, flying, flight, volitation, wing, pinion, rocketry, space travel, astronautics, orbital mechanics, orbiting, voyage, sail, cruise, passage, circumnavigation, periplus, headway, sternway, leeway, fairway, mariner, flight, trip, shuttle, run, airlift, sailing, volant, aerostatic, seafaring, nautical, maritime, naval, seagoing, coasting, afloat, navigable, aerial, aeronautic, grallatory, under way, under sail, under canvas, under steam, on the wing, in flight, in orbit, bon voyage, spread the thin oar and catch the driving gale.

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