'Nautical mile' definitions:
Definition of 'nautical mile'
(from WordNet)
noun
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]
noun
Definition of 'Nautical mile'
From: 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]
Definition of 'nautical mile'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Naval; marine; maritime. See Naval. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]