Defenition of the word nautical mile

• Defenition of the word nautical mile

  • A unit of length which corresponds approximately to one minute of latitude along any meridian. (source: Wikipedia)
  • a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one second of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters
  • a British unit of length equivalent to 1,853.18 meters (6,082 feet)
  • a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters
  • a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
  • a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile

Synonyms for the word nautical mile

• • Admiralty mile
  • air mile
  • geographical mile
  • international nautical mile
  • knot
  • mi
  • mile
  • naut mi

Hypernyms for the word nautical mile

• • nautical linear unit

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