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circumnavigation

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.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • 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

  • Seaglegs amphibious RIB has completed a 1620 kilometer "circumnavigation" of the Malaysian Peninsula in a record time of

    Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine 2009

  • Seaglegs amphibious RIB has completed a 1620 kilometer "circumnavigation" of the Malaysian Peninsula in a record time of

    Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine 2009

  • 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

  • Sunderland embarked Jan. 23 after older brother Zac completed a westerly solo circumnavigation at the age of 17.

    16-year-old California teen gives up solo voyage 2010

  • 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.

    In praise of … Moby-Duck | Editorial 2011

  • MSSecond instalment of Timothy Spall's barge-borne circumnavigation of Britain.

    TV highlights 17/08/2011 2011

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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  • "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