Synonyms for nautical mile
| Grammar : Noun |
Définition of nautical mile
- noun sea mile
- 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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