celestial navigationn.

Brit.

/sᵻˌlɛstɪəl ˌnavᵻˈɡeɪʃn/, U.S.

/səˌlɛstʃ(ə)l ˌnævəˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n/,

/səˌlɛstiəl ˌnævəˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: celestial adj., navigation n.

Etymology: < celestial adj. + navigation n.

†1. Apparently: astronomical observation intended to assign a physical location to heaven or paradise. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1854 L. Marsh Apocatastasis 133 The whereabouts of the modern, or apocatastatic paradise..ought to be somewhat more ‘definitely determined’ than that of the ancient Elysium; inasmuch as the application of magnetism is now made, freely, not only to terrestial but to celestlal [sic] navigation also.

2. The practice of navigating by measuring the positions of the stars, planets, etc.; = nautical astronomy n.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > navigation of course of aircraft > [noun] > by observation of stars

celestial navigation1922

astronavigation1935

1922 L. E. Dickson Plane Trigonom. Pract. Applic. 59 The branch of the science which makes use of observations on the sun or stars is called celestial navigation or nautical astronomy.

1925 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 10 Mar. 14/2 Naval airplane pilots..must have knowledge of celestial navigation..in order to relocate their base ship.

1991 Geogr. Mag. Feb. 2/3 Columbus..corrected his westward course by celestial navigation.

2000 Jrnl. Blacks in Higher Educ. 29 134/1 Holbrook has traveled to Africa and the South Pacific to document celestial navigation techniques there and how new technologies have modified those techniques.

3. The technique or practice of navigating through space; = astrogation n.

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1923 Chicago Sunday Tribune 11 Feb. vii. 20/2 If celestial navigation ever becomes an accomplished fact, men will have to keep away from Jupiter.

1962 Times 27 Jan. 8/1 The object was to control it [sc. the spacecraft]..to move it from one direction to another in a series of manoeuvres demanded by the new science of celestial navigation.

1992 B. Landon Aesthetics of Ambivalence iv. 85 When NASA opted for a figure-eight flight path for the Apollo moon mission, it demonstrated one very practical application of this problem in celestial navigation.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	celestial navigation
释义	celestial navigationn. Brit. /sᵻˌlɛstɪəl ˌnavᵻˈɡeɪʃn/, U.S. /səˌlɛstʃ(ə)l ˌnævəˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n/, /səˌlɛstiəl ˌnævəˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: celestial adj., navigation n. Etymology: < celestial adj. + navigation n. †1. Apparently: astronomical observation intended to assign a physical location to heaven or paradise. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1854 L. Marsh Apocatastasis 133 The whereabouts of the modern, or apocatastatic paradise..ought to be somewhat more ‘definitely determined’ than that of the ancient Elysium; inasmuch as the application of magnetism is now made, freely, not only to terrestial but to celestlal [sic] navigation also. 2. The practice of navigating by measuring the positions of the stars, planets, etc.; = nautical astronomy n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > navigation of course of aircraft > [noun] > by observation of stars celestial navigation1922 astronavigation1935 1922 L. E. Dickson Plane Trigonom. Pract. Applic. 59 The branch of the science which makes use of observations on the sun or stars is called celestial navigation or nautical astronomy. 1925 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 10 Mar. 14/2 Naval airplane pilots..must have knowledge of celestial navigation..in order to relocate their base ship. 1991 Geogr. Mag. Feb. 2/3 Columbus..corrected his westward course by celestial navigation. 2000 Jrnl. Blacks in Higher Educ. 29 134/1 Holbrook has traveled to Africa and the South Pacific to document celestial navigation techniques there and how new technologies have modified those techniques. 3. The technique or practice of navigating through space; = astrogation n. ΚΠ 1923 Chicago Sunday Tribune 11 Feb. vii. 20/2 If celestial navigation ever becomes an accomplished fact, men will have to keep away from Jupiter. 1962 Times 27 Jan. 8/1 The object was to control it [sc. the spacecraft]..to move it from one direction to another in a series of manoeuvres demanded by the new science of celestial navigation. 1992 B. Landon Aesthetics of Ambivalence iv. 85 When NASA opted for a figure-eight flight path for the Apollo moon mission, it demonstrated one very practical application of this problem in celestial navigation. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1854
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