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English Dictionary: nautical mile	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for nautical mile
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nautical mile n a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile Synonym(s): nautical mile, naut mi, mile, mi, geographical mile, Admiralty mile a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude Synonym(s): nautical mile, mile, mi, naut mi, knot, international nautical mile, air mile
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mile \Mile\, n. [AS. m[c6]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. 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. {Geographical}, [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. Syn: Naval; marine; maritime. See {Naval}. {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}.