nautical mile

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nautical mile - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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 \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 - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]