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NAUTICAL MILE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nautical mile mean? 

NAUTICAL MILE (noun)
  The noun NAUTICAL MILE has 2 senses:

1. a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mileplay

2. a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitudeplay

  Familiarity information: NAUTICAL MILE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NAUTICAL MILE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

Admiralty mile; geographical mile; mi; mile; naut mi; nautical mile

Hypernyms ("nautical mile" is a kind of...):

nautical linear unit (a linear unit of distance used in navigation)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

air mile; international nautical mile; mi; mile; naut mi; nautical mile

Hypernyms ("nautical mile" is a kind of...):

nautical linear unit (a linear unit of distance used in navigation)


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