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nautical mile
(encz) | nautical mile,1,852 m |
nautical mile
(encz) | nautical mile,námořní míle |
Nautical mile
(gcide) | Mile \Mile\ (m[imac]l), n. [AS. m[imac]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 States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.
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Note: The distance called a mile varies greatly in different
countries. Its length in yards is, in Norway, 12,182;
in Brunswick, 11,816; in Sweden, 11,660; in Hungary,
9,139; in Switzerland, 8,548; in Austria, 8,297; in
Prussia, 8,238; in Poland, 8,100; in Italy, 2,025; in
England and the United States, 1,760; in Spain, 1,552;
in the Netherlands, 1,094.
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Geographical mile or Nautical mile, one sixtieth of a
degree of a great circle of the earth, or 6080.27 feet.
Mile run. Same as Train mile. See under Train.
Roman mile, a thousand paces, equal to 1,614 yards English
measure.
Statute mile, a mile conforming to statute, that is, in
England and the United States, a mile of 5,280 feet, as
distinguished from any other mile.
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nautical mile
(gcide) | Nautical \Nau"tic*al\, a. [L. nauticus, Gr. naytiko`s, fr.
nay`ths a seaman, sailor, fr. nay^s ship: cf. F. nautique.
See Nave of a church.]
Of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or to
ships; as, nautical skill.
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Syn: Naval; marine; maritime. See Naval.
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Nautical almanac. See under Almanac.
Nautical distance, the length in nautical miles of the
rhumb line joining any two places on the earth's surface.
nautical mile. See under Mile.
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nautical mile
(wn) | nautical mile
n 1: a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet
(1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile
[syn: nautical mile, naut mi, mile, mi,
geographical mile, Admiralty mile]
2: a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters;
historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of
arc in latitude [syn: nautical mile, mile, mi, {naut
mi}, knot, international nautical mile, air mile] |
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international nautical mile
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Nautical mile
(gcide) | Mile \Mile\ (m[imac]l), n. [AS. m[imac]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 States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The distance called a mile varies greatly in different
countries. Its length in yards is, in Norway, 12,182;
in Brunswick, 11,816; in Sweden, 11,660; in Hungary,
9,139; in Switzerland, 8,548; in Austria, 8,297; in
Prussia, 8,238; in Poland, 8,100; in Italy, 2,025; in
England and the United States, 1,760; in Spain, 1,552;
in the Netherlands, 1,094.
[1913 Webster]
Geographical mile or Nautical mile, one sixtieth of a
degree of a great circle of the earth, or 6080.27 feet.
Mile run. Same as Train mile. See under Train.
Roman mile, a thousand paces, equal to 1,614 yards English
measure.
Statute mile, a mile conforming to statute, that is, in
England and the United States, a mile of 5,280 feet, as
distinguished from any other mile.
[1913 Webster]Nautical \Nau"tic*al\, a. [L. nauticus, Gr. naytiko`s, fr.
nay`ths a seaman, sailor, fr. nay^s ship: cf. F. nautique.
See Nave of a church.]
Of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or to
ships; as, nautical skill.
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Syn: Naval; marine; maritime. See Naval.
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Nautical almanac. See under Almanac.
Nautical distance, the length in nautical miles of the
rhumb line joining any two places on the earth's surface.
nautical mile. See under Mile.
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international nautical mile
(wn) | international nautical mile
n 1: a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters;
historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of
arc in latitude [syn: nautical mile, mile, mi, {naut
mi}, knot, international nautical mile, air mile] |
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