Definition of Navigation light

1. Noun. Light on an airplane that indicates the plane's position and orientation; red light on the left (port) wing tip and green light on the right (starboard) wing tip.

Group relationships: Aeroplane, Airplane, Plane
Generic synonyms: Light, Light Source

Lexicographical Neighbors of Navigation Light

navie
navies
naviform
navigabilities
navigability
navigable
navigably
navigatable
navigate
navigated
navigates
navigating
navigation
navigation channel
navigation channels
navigation light (current term)
navigational
navigational chart
navigational charts
navigational instrument
navigational system
navigationally
navigations
navigator
navigators
navigatrix
navigatrixes
navus
navvied
navvies

Literary usage of Navigation light

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Navigation and Nautical Astronomy: Including the Theory of by William Carpenter Pendleton Muir (1918)
"... height of eye and of the light, will be lessened by the observer going lower down. A descent of a few feet may cause a navigation light to disappear. ..."

2. A Treatise on Navigation and Nautical Astronomy, Including the Theory of by William Carpenter Pendleton Muir (1906)
"... height of eye and of the light, will be lessened by the observer going lower down. A descent of a few feet may cause a navigation light to disappear. ..."

3. The American Practical Navigator: Being an Epitome of Navigation and by Nathaniel Bowditch, George Wood Logan (1906)
"... sighting it and observe if it disappears from view; a navigation light will usually do so, excepting in misty weather, while a vessel's light will not. ..."

4. Gilbratar Sabotage: A Peter Kent Story by John Gunn (2006)
"At first, looking almost head on at the bows of the ship when it first appeared, Peter had made out both the green starboard navigation light and the port ..."

5. History of Congress: Exhibiting a Classification of the Proceedings of the by John Agg (1834)
"Encouragement of Navigation—Light-House Bill—Light-House in Charleston Harbour, and at Sandy Hook, ceded—Bills to erect and finish Light-Houses at portland ..."

6. Scientific American Reference Book by Albert Allis Hopkins, Alexander Russell Bond (1905)
"i, the following named aids to navigation : Light-houses and beacon lights 1425 Light-vessels in position Gas-lighted buoys in position 119 Light-vessels ..."

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