sea mile

sea mile
noun
a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)
Syn: ↑mile
Derivationally related forms: ↑miler (for: ↑mile)
Hypernyms: ↑nautical linear unit

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noun

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sea mile noun
A geographical or nautical mile
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Main Entry:sea

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sea mile UK US noun [countable] [singular sea mile plural sea miles]
a nautical mile
Thesaurus: units for measuring distancehyponym to measure somethingsynonym

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sea mile,
= nautical mile. (Cf.nautical mile)

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n. a unit of distance equal to a minute of arc of a great circle and varying (because the earth is not a perfect sphere) between approximately 2,014 yards (1,842 meters) at the equator and 2,035 yards (1,861 meters) at the pole. Compare with nautical mile

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ˈsea mile [sea mile] noun

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  • sea mile — noun Date: 1796 nautical mile …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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