nautical mile
A unit of length corresponding approximately to one minute of arc of latitude along…A unit of length corresponding approximately to one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian. By international agreement it is exactly 1,852 metres (approximately 6,076 feet or 1.151 statute mile).
» A knot is one nautical mile per hour.
Ein Knoten ist eine Seemeile pro Stunde.
Один узел — это одна морская миля в час.
Meaning
2 sensesA unit of length corresponding approximately to one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian. By international agreement it is exactly 1,852 metres (approximately 6,076 feet or 1.151 statute mile).
Near-synonym: geographical mile (very close to the same distance)
Seemeile
морска́я ми́ляmorskája mílja
a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
(historical)Synonym of sea mile, a historical Scandinavian unit of distance equal to about 4 nmi.
Examples
3 sentencesA knot is one nautical mile per hour.
ruОдин узел — это одна морская миля в час. — Wezel
deEin Knoten ist eine Seemeile pro Stunde. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
A nautical mile measures distance and a knot measures speed.
A nautical mile is based on the circumference of the earth, and is equal to one minute of latitude.
Translations
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Forms
plural: nautical miles| Singular | nautical mile |
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Synonyms
8 synonyms- a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude:mileminaut miinternational nautical mileair mile
- a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile:naut mimilemigeographical mileAdmiralty mile