- nautical measure
- nautical measure,a system of linear measure used in navigation.
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nautical mile — sea mile, nautical measure of distance equal to 6076 feet … English contemporary dictionary
Nautical mile — 1 nautical mile = SI units 1.85200 km 1,852.00 m US customary / Imperial units 1.15078 mi 6,076.12 ft The nautical mile (symbol M, NM or nmi) is a unit of length that is about one minute of arc of latitude along a … Wikipedia
Nautical measured mile — Admiralty Distance Poles at St Abb s Head. A nautical measured mile is a nautical mile which is marked by two pairs of towers. A mile is measure by sailing on a given bearing and lining up the pairs of towers. The start of the mile is recorded… … Wikipedia
nautical mile — (nmi, naut mi, n mile, or NM) a unit of distance used primarily at sea and in aviation. The nautical mile is defined to be the average distance on the Earth s surface represented by one minute of latitude. This may seem odd to landlubbers, but … Dictionary of units of measurement
Nautical mile — Mile Mile (m[imac]l), n. [AS. m[=i]l, fr. L. millia, milia; pl. of mille a thousand, i. e., milia passuum a thousand paces. Cf. {Mill} the tenth of a cent, {Million}.] A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nautical linear unit — noun a linear unit of distance used in navigation • Hypernyms: ↑linear unit, ↑linear measure • Hyponyms: ↑nautical mile, ↑mile, ↑mi, ↑naut mi, ↑knot, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
nautical mile — A marine mile; a linear measure of distance on the sea, equivalent to approximately 6,080 feet, the name being taken from the knots in a ship s log line. Steamboat Co. v Fessenden, 79 Me 140, 146. The International Nautical Mile is 1.150779… … Ballentine's law dictionary
nautical mile — A measure of distance equal to one minute of arc on the Earth … Military dictionary
nautical mile — noun (C) a measure of distance used at sea, equal to 1853 metres; sea mile … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Glossary of nautical terms — This is a glossary of nautical terms; some remain current, many date from the 17th 19th century. See also Wiktionary s nautical terms, Category:Nautical terms, and Nautical metaphors in English. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R … Wikipedia
