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单词 three-mile limit
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three-mile limit

[ three-mahyl ]
/ ˈθriˌmaɪl /
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noun International Law.

the limit of the marine belt of three miles (4.8 km), which is included within the jurisdiction of the state possessing the coast.

Origin of three-mile limit

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby three-mile limit

three-legged, three-legged race, three-line whip, three-master, Three Mile Island, three-mile limit, three of a kind, three old cat, threep, three-peat, threepence
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British Dictionary definitions for three-mile limit

three-mile limit

noun

international law the range of a nation's territorial waters, extending to three nautical miles from shore
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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