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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ˈnau•ti•cal ˈmile, n. [countable]- Naval Termsa unit of distance at sea, equal to 1.852 kilometers.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024nau′tical mile′, - Nautical, Weights and Measuresa unit of distance used chiefly in navigation, equal to 6080.20 feet (1853.25 meters) in the U.S., now replaced by the international nautical mile. Also called geographical mile, sea mile.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: nautical mile n - Also called: international nautical mile, air mile a unit of length, used esp in navigation, equivalent to the average length of a minute of latitude, and corresponding to a latitude of 45°, i.e. 1852 m (6076.12 ft)
- a former British unit of length equal to 1853.18 m (6080 ft), which was replaced by the international nautical mile in 1970
Former name: geographical mile
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