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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile;
[syn: nautical mile, naut mi, mile, mi, geographical mile, Admiralty mile]

2. a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude;
[syn: nautical mile, mile, mi, naut mi, knot, international nautical mile, air mile]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

naut mi n 1: a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile [syn: nautical mile, naut mi, mile, mi, geographical mile, Admiralty mile] 2: a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude [syn: nautical mile, mile, mi, naut mi, knot, international nautical mile, air mile]