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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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mile \Mile\ (m[imac]l), n. [AS. m[imac]l, fr. L. millia, milia; pl. of mille a thousand, i. e., milia passuum a thousand paces. Cf. Mill the tenth of a cent, Million.] A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet. [1913 Webster] Note: The distance called a mile varies greatly in different countries. Its length in yards is, in Norway, 12,182; in Brunswick, 11,816; in Sweden, 11,660; in Hungary, 9,139; in Switzerland, 8,548; in Austria, 8,297; in Prussia, 8,238; in Poland, 8,100; in Italy, 2,025; in England and the United States, 1,760; in Spain, 1,552; in the Netherlands, 1,094. [1913 Webster] Geographical mile or Nautical mile, one sixtieth of a degree of a great circle of the earth, or 6080.27 feet. Mile run. Same as Train mile. See under Train. Roman mile, a thousand paces, equal to 1,614 yards English measure. Statute mile, a mile conforming to statute, that is, in England and the United States, a mile of 5,280 feet, as distinguished from any other mile. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Nautical \Nau"tic*al\, a. [L. nauticus, Gr. naytiko`s, fr. nay`ths a seaman, sailor, fr. nay^s ship: cf. F. nautique. See Nave of a church.] Of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or to ships; as, nautical skill. [1913 Webster] Syn: Naval; marine; maritime. See Naval. [1913 Webster] Nautical almanac. See under Almanac. Nautical distance, the length in nautical miles of the rhumb line joining any two places on the earth's surface. nautical mile. See under Mile. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

nautical mile 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]