navigation

noun

1. (uncountable, usually)The theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a road vehicle, ship, aircraft, or spaceship.

   “An ocean-going yachtsman must be competent at night navigation”

2. (uncountable, usually)Traffic or travel by vessel, especially commercial shipping.
3. (countable, usually)A canal; a waterway comprising one or more canals and river stretches in communication with one another.

   “the Schuylkill Navigation”

4. (uncountable, usually)The act of accessing different components of the user interface of software.
5. (uncountable, usually)The process of finding a way through a difficult situation.