Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nautical_mile

2 senses of nautical mile

Sense 1
nautical mile, naut mi, mile, mi, geographical mile, Admiralty mile -- (a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile)
       => nautical linear unit -- (a linear unit of distance used in navigation)

Sense 2
nautical mile, mile, mi, naut mi, knot, international nautical mile, air mile -- (a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude)
       => nautical linear unit -- (a linear unit of distance used in navigation)