navigations

Plotting one's course

Navigations is the plural of navigation, which covers the act or science of directing a vessel, aircraft, or vehicle from one place to another.

It extends to any directed movement through space or information: website navigations, menu navigations.

Multiple navigations might refer to separate journeys or distinct acts of finding one's way: The app tracks all your navigations.

maritime

voyage

Journey by sea

piloting · compass · sextant · dead reckoning · helm · course · bearing · nautical · waypoint · passage

figurative

life journey

Course of one's existence

steering · maneuvering · negotiating · traversing · course correction · pivot · crossroads · milestones · direction · strategy

spatial

wayfinding

Navigating through physical spaces

orientation · GPS · mapping · landmark · coordinates · terrain · compass rose · cartography · topography · destination

digital

browser

Web access program

scroll · hyperlink · sitemap · breadcrumb · dropdown · toolbar · cursor · homepage · tab · search bar

aerial

flight path

Planned aerial trajectory

altitude · radar · instrument panel · avionics · heading · glide path · air traffic control · flight plan · approach · descent

Opposites
movement vs. stillness

navigationsstanding still

Absence of motion

stasis · immobility · staying put · stagnation · fixedness

wayfinding vs. disorientation

navigationsgetting lost

Becoming unable to navigate

disorientation · confusion · bewilderment · misdirections · strayings

purposeful direction vs. aimlessness

navigationsmeanderings

Indirect, winding movements

ramblings · vagaries

Phrases
Family

navigation, navigational, circumnavigation

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G