ALL meanings of nautical mile
nau·ti·cal mile
N n - noun nautical mile a 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. 1
- noun nautical mile measure of distance: sea mile 1
- countable noun nautical mile A nautical mile is a unit of measurement used at sea. It is equal to 1852 metres. 0
- noun nautical 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) 0
- noun nautical mile a former British unit of length equal to 1853.18 m (6080 ft), which was replaced by the international nautical mile in 1970 0
- noun nautical mile any of various units of distance for sea and air navigation: in the U.S. since 1959, an international unit of length, equal to one minute of arc of a great circle of the earth or 6,076.12 feet or 1.1508 miles (1,852 meters or 1.852 kilometers) 0