CIRCUMNAVIGATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Traveling around something (by ship or plane)

Example:

Magellan's circumnavigation of the earth proved that it is a globe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("circumnavigation" is a kind of...):

travel; traveling; travelling (the act of going from one place to another)

Domain category:

aeroplane; airplane; plane (an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets)

Derivation:

circumnavigate (travel around, either by plane or ship)