pilotage

Noun

Meaning

The pilot's skill or knowledge, as of coasts, rocks, bars, and channels.

The compensation made or allowed to a pilot.

Guidance, as by a pilot.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

navigation piloting aeronautics anchorage astronautics control direction authority flight management command leadership aspect flying lie

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Antonyms

avoid stand disorder chaos disadvantage prohibition

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Hypernyms

trade direction craft guidance steering

Hyponyms

dead-reckoning celestial navigation astronavigation instrument flying

Examples

There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics none in which there is more need of good pilotage and of a single, unfaltering purpose when the waves rise high. Thomas Henry Huxley

In 1983 six Aero L-29 jet trainers were delivered to form an Ecole de Pilotage (pilots school). Source: Internet

Pilotage is important because of the constant changes in the navigable channel resulting from the large tidal range, which can exceed convert on spring tides. Source: Internet

There is also a network of over 80 community radio stations spread across all seven regions of the country, governed by the Comité de Pilotage de Radios de Proximité (CPRP), a civil society organisation. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

pilot-tested pilotability pilotable pilotbird piloter pilotess