wayfindingn.
/ˈweɪˌfʌɪndɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈweɪˌfaɪndɪŋ/ The act of finding one's way to a particular place; navigation.
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1871 Graphic 26 Aug. 203/2 The class of men who are especially good at way-finding and the comprehension of places.
1897 Times 10 Sept. 6/3 Professor Romanes has suggested some such explanation as this..to account for those authenticated instances of way-finding in animals.
1950 Lima (Ohio) News 20 June 6/4 Undoubtedly that guide takes pride in his wayfinding.
1968 Kingston (Ont.) Whig-Standard 27 Nov. 16/1 Orienteering is a rather cumbersome but internationally used term for competitive wayfinding carried out across country on foot with the help of a map and compass.
1995 Abilities (Toronto) Spring 77/2 The sensors turn the data into speech, which is relayed through a standard earpiece, giving the person verbal wayfinding instructions.
2007 K. H. Hemmings Descendants iv. xliv. 278 I don't have the gift of wayfinding, of using the sun, stars, and swells to navigate the open ocean.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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