Synonyms for circumnavigation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sur-kuh m-nav-i-geyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌsɜr kəmˈnæv ɪˌgeɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for circumnavigation Other synonyms for the word circumnavigation
- alternate route
- back road
- branch
- bypass
- bypath
- byway
- circle
- circling
- circuit
- circuitous route
- circulation
- circumbendibus
- circumference
- circumnavigation
- circumscription
- circumvention
- circumvolution
- compass
- crotch
- cycle
- divergence
- fork
- gyration
- gyre
- journey
- limit
- line
- orbit
- perambulation
- perimeter
- periphery
- range
- region
- round
- roundabout way
- runaround
- secondary highway
- service road
- substitute
- temporary route
- tract
- turn
- turning
- twirl
- way
- wheel
- whirl
- wind
- winding
- zone
Définition of circumnavigation
Origin :- 1705, from circumnavigate + -ion.
- As in circuit : noun revolution, track, boundary
- As in detour : noun indirect course
- December 27th: "Sailed from England on our circumnavigation."
- Extract from : « More Letters of Charles Darwin » by Charles Darwin
- One of his ships completed the first circumnavigation of the globe.
- Extract from : « The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 9 » by Various
- Their greatest undertaking was the circumnavigation of Africa.
- Extract from : « The World's Progress, Vol. I (of X) » by Various
- The priests in yellow looked on, profoundly impressed by our circumnavigation.
- Extract from : « Hilda Wade » by Grant Allen
- There are various accounts of the circumnavigation of Africa in old times.
- Extract from : « Mythical Monsters » by Charles Gould
- It was a voyage of discovery, a circumnavigation of charity.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, No. 411, January 1850 » by Various
- The circumnavigation is 360 stadia, as I have before described it.
- Extract from : « The Geography of Strabo, Volume III (of 3) » by Strabo
- It was a voyage of discovery; a circumnavigation of charity.
- Extract from : « Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland » by Henry B. Stanton
- In 1818 Captain Ross completed the circumnavigation of this oblong bay.
- Extract from : « The World of Waters » by Mrs. David Osborne
- At our time of life that smacked a little of circumnavigation.
- Extract from : « In the Footprints of the Padres » by Charles Warren Stoddard
Antonyms for circumnavigation
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