aviation

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: a=vi=a=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

aviation, n. 

 The art or science of flying.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

aviation, n.
1 the skill or practice of operating aircraft.
2 aircraft manufacture.

Etymology

F f. L avis bird

ROGET THESAURUS

aviation

Navigation

N navigation, aquatics, boating, yachting, ship, oar, paddle, screw, sail, canvas, aileron, natation, swimming, fin, flipper, fish's tail, aerostation, aerostatics, aeronautics, balloonery, balloon, ballooning, aviation, airmanship, flying, flight, volitation, wing, pinion, rocketry, space travel, astronautics, orbital mechanics, orbiting, voyage, sail, cruise, passage, circumnavigation, periplus, headway, sternway, leeway, fairway, mariner, flight, trip, shuttle, run, airlift, sailing, volant, aerostatic, seafaring, nautical, maritime, naval, seagoing, coasting, afloat, navigable, aerial, aeronautic, grallatory, under way, under sail, under canvas, under steam, on the wing, in flight, in orbit, bon voyage, spread the thin oar and catch the driving gale.