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Synonyms for nautical mile


Grammar : Noun



Définition of nautical mile

  • noun sea mile
Example sentences :
  • A nautical mile, or knot, you know, is between one and one-sixth and one and one-seventh land miles.
  • Extract from : « The Radio Boys on Secret Service Duty » by Gerald Breckenridge
  • At this rate they would require one hundred and fifty-one days to travel a nautical mile.
  • Extract from : « The Ocean and its Wonders » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • The nautical mile of 2029 yards has the honor of being the first standard based upon the dimensions of the globe.
  • Extract from : « Inventors at Work » by George Iles
  • The drums used for reeling a multiple cable on, are capable of holding half a nautical mile in length.
  • Extract from : « Torpedoes and Torpedo Warfare » by C. W. Sleeman
  • In general practice the minute of latitude is taken as equal to the nautical mile.
  • Extract from : « Nautical Charts » by G. R. Putnam
  • Only on the equator is a minute of longitude and a nautical mile of the same length.
  • Extract from : « Lectures in Navigation » by Ernest Gallaudet Draper
  • Now you have already learned that a minute of latitude is always equal to a nautical mile.
  • Extract from : « Lectures in Navigation » by Ernest Gallaudet Draper

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