circumnavigation

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Noun circumnavigation has 1 sense

circumnavigation - traveling around something (by ship or plane); "Magellan's circumnavigation of the earth proved that it is a globe"
--₁ is a kind of travel, traveling, travelling

Derived form: verb circumnavigate₁

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Circumnavigation

Definition: The act of traveling all the way around a particular landmass or sailing around the world.

Example:

He embarked on a daring circumnavigation of the globe, visiting numerous countries along the way.
Magellan's historic circumnavigation of the Earth proved that it was possible to travel across vast oceans.

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