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Definitions: Nautical Mile |
Nautical MileNoun1. A British unit of length equivalent to 1,853.18 meters (6,082 feet). 2. A unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Aerospace | A unit of distance used principally in navigation. For practical navigation it is usually considered the length of 1 minute of any great circle of the earth, the meridian being the great circle most commonly used. Also called sea mile.Because of various lengths of the nautical mile in use throughout the world, due to differences in definition and the assumed size and shape of the earth, the International Hydrographic Bureau in 1929 proposed a standard length of 1852 meters, which is known as the international nautical mile. This has been adopted by nearly all maritime nations. The U.S. Departments of Defense and Commerce adopted this value on July 1, 1954. With the yard-meter relationship then in use, the international nautical mile was equivalent to 6076.10333 feet. Using the yard-meter conversion factor effective July 1, 1959, the international nautical mile is equivalent to 6076.11549 international feet. (references) |
Meteorology & Standards | A measure of marine distance, 1. 852 m or 6. 076, 12 ft. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | Any of various units of distance, used for sea and air navigation, based on the length of a minute of arc of a great circle of the Earth and differing because the Earth is not a perfect sphere: (1) a British unit that equals 6,080 ft or 1,853.2 m; also called Admiralty mile; (2) a U.S. unit, no longer in official use, that equals 6080.20 ft or 1,853.248 m; and (3) an international unit that equals 6,076.1033 ft or 1,852 m; usedofficially in the United States since July 1954. (references) |
Science | A nautical mile is a unit of distance equal to 1,852 meters. The length of the nautical mile is very close to the mean value of the length of 1 minute of latitude, which varies from approximately 1,843 meters at the equator to 1,861.6 meters at the pole. (references) |
Shipping | Distance of one minute of longitude at the equator, approximately 6,076.115. The metric equivalent is 1852. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The international nautical mile is defined as exactly 1,852 metres. This definition was adopted in 1929 by the International Extraordinary Hydrographic Conference, Monaco. The United States adopted it in 1954. Prior to the adoption of the international nautical mile, the nautical mile used by the US and the UK was 6080 feet, or 1853.184 metres.
A nautical mile is approximately a minute of arc along a great circle of the Earth and was formerly defined so. The earth is not a perfect sphere, so a minute of arc can be less than, or more than, a nautical mile by a few metres.
For purposes of practical navigation, the former definition is still widely used: the length of a minute of arc of latitude is found on any nautical chart and can be taken to represent approximately one nautical mile on that particular chart.
The abbreviation nm is often used, although this means nanometre in the SI.
One knot is a unit of speed defined as one nautical mile per hour.
See also: conversion of units
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Synonyms: Nautical MileSynonyms: air mile (n), geographical mile (n), international nautical mile (n), knot (n), mi (n), mile (n), naut mi (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Nautical Mile |
| English words defined with "nautical mile": Cable's length ♦ international nautical mile. (references) |
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Clever | Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour: Knot-furlong. (references; author: unknown) | |
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Expression using "nautical mile": international nautical mile. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "nautical mile"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Basque | milia. (various references) | |
Chinese | 浬 . (various references) | |
Danish | soemil, sømil. (various references) | |
Dutch | zeemijl. (various references) | |
Finnish | meripeninkulma. (various references) | |
French | mille nautique, mille marin. (various references) | |
German | seemeile (n.mi., sea mile). (various references) | |
Greek | ναυτικό μίλι. (various references) | |
Hungarian | tengeri mérföld (knot, nm, sea mile), 1852. (various references) | |
Italian | miglio nautico, miglio marino, miglio (Indian millet, mi, mile, miles, Millet, sorghum). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 海里 (1852m, 6080ft), 浬 (1852m, 6080ft). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | かいり (1852m, 6080ft, beaver, dissociation, estrangement, separation). (various references) | |
Manx | meeiley varrey, meeiley faarkee. (various references) | |
Occitan | mila (1,852 m). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | auticalnay ilemay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | milha náutica (knot), milha marítima (nautical terms), instrumento náutico. (various references) | |
Romanian | milã marinã (geographical mile, sea mile). (various references) | |
Russian | морская миля. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | nautička milja, čvor (bend, hub, junction, knob, knot, node, nodus). (various references) | |
Spanish | milla náutica, milla marina (sea mile). (various references) | |
Swedish | sjömil. (various references) | |
Thai | ระยะทางทะเล (ประมา" 1852 เมตร). (various references) | |
Turkish | deniz mili (admiralty mile, sea mile). (various references) | |
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Misspellings | |
"Nautical Mile" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: nautcal mile, nauticle mile. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-i-i-l-l-m-n-t-u" | |
-2 letters: animalcule, calumniate, illuminate. | |
-3 letters: acuminate, aluminate, culminate, laciniate, melanitic, militance, multilane, multiline. | |
-4 letters: acauline, actiniae, actinium, allanite, alliance, aluminic, analcime, analcite, ancillae, animalic, antimale, calamine, calamint, calamite, camellia, canaille, canulate, claimant, cliental, climatal, illumine, lacunate, laitance, laminate, limacine, limnetic, maculate, maieutic, mantilla, metallic, minutiae, minutial, nautical, neumatic, tenacula. | |
-5 letters: actinal, actinia, ailment, aliment, allicin, alumina, alumine, alumnae, alunite, amentia, anaemic, ancilla, animate, callant, calumet, camelia, canella, canulae, cauline, ciliate, clamant, climate, cutline, intimae, intimal, inutile, lacteal, lactean, lacunae, lacunal, laminae, laminal, lanital, liminal, linecut, lumenal, luminal, lunatic, maculae, manacle, manilla, manille, manteau, matinal, melanic, metical, micella, milline, minutia, mullein, mullite, nautili, nematic, nucelli, nucleal, tunicae, tunicle. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-i-i-l-l-m-n-t-u" | |
+3 letters: aluminosilicate. | |
+4 letters: aluminosilicates. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 61 75 74 69 63 61 6C 4D 69 6C 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01100001 01110101 01110100 01101001 01100011 01100001 01101100 00100000 01001101 01101001 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N a u t i c a l   M i l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0061 0075 0074 0069 0063 0061 006C 004D 0069 006C 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4867878675696778247757871 |
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