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Suitability for the passage of a ship or aircraft
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navigability
Word definitions for navigability in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. suitability for the passage of a ship or aircraft
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Navigability \Nav`i*ga*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. navigabilit['e].] The quality or condition of being navigable; navigableness.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state of being navigable.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A body of water , such as a river , canal or lake , is navigable if it is deep, wide and slow enough for a vessel to pass or walk. Preferably there are few obstructions such as rocks or trees to avoid. Bridges must have sufficient clearance. High water ...
Usage examples of navigability.
Court refused to take jurisdiction of a suit in equity brought by the United States to determine the navigability of the New and Kanawha Rivers on the ground that the jurisdiction in such suits is limited to cases and controversies and does not extend to the adjudication of mere differences of opinion between the officials of the two governments.
Meanwhile Nasada, drawing up his stool to the couch, began conversing with the governor, in an unraised but clearly audible voice, about the navigability of the upper Zhairgen where it divided Sarkid from Belishba.