Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of sailing round the earth, or any body of land or water.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round.
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- noun The act of
circumnavigating , or sailing round.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun traveling around something (by ship or plane)
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Examples
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Seaglegs amphibious RIB has completed a 1620 kilometer "circumnavigation" of the Malaysian Peninsula in a record time of
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Seaglegs amphibious RIB has completed a 1620 kilometer "circumnavigation" of the Malaysian Peninsula in a record time of
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Neither mission was a complete success, but after a three-year circumnavigation of the globe, Cook returned to England with enough finely drawn charts and maps to secure himself a place among the greatest explorers.
Man On a Quest Michael J. Ybarra 2011
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Sunderland embarked Jan. 23 after older brother Zac completed a westerly solo circumnavigation at the age of 17.
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There was a frisson of excitement when it seemed they might even complete their circumnavigation by washing up on the beaches of Cornwall they didn't.
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MSSecond instalment of Timothy Spall's barge-borne circumnavigation of Britain.
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Walsingham replies, As Your Majesty instructed, we did not attempt to venture inside but we made a complete circumnavigation of the outer wall, which is, by the way, in good repair.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011
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Louis XV, eager to bolster national prestige and expand his empire in the Pacific, launches Louis-Antoine de Bougainville on the first French circumnavigation of the world.
Incredible Voyage Gerard Helferich 2011
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In January 2009, a wave glider completed a nine-day circumnavigation of Hawaii's Big Island.
Where Data Depend on Catching a Wave Ben Worthen 2011
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I rode through 60 countries on my circumnavigation, and in each country this held true.
Alastair Humphreys: Adventure Will Change Your Life Alastair Humphreys 2010
chained_bear commented on the word circumnavigation
"A witness described the eighteen survivors of the earth's first circumnavigation as wan and skinny; their boat having more holes than a sieve. When the Victoria arrived in Spain, its hold contained twenty-six tons of cloves, nutmegs, and cinnamon. Sold in Antwerp a year later, the returns covered the entire cost of the expedition plus a 6 percent profit."
--Joyce Appleby, Shores of Knowledge: New World Discoveries and the Scientific Imagination (New York and London: W.W. Norton & Co., 2013), p. 56
December 28, 2016