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INTERNATIONAL NAUTICAL MILE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does international nautical mile mean?

• INTERNATIONAL NAUTICAL MILE (noun)
The noun INTERNATIONAL NAUTICAL MILE has 1 sense:

1. a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters

Familiarity information: INTERNATIONAL NAUTICAL MILE used as a noun is very rare.

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• INTERNATIONAL NAUTICAL MILE (noun)

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Meaning:

A unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

air mile; international nautical mile; mile; naut mi; nautical mile; mi; knot

Hypernyms ("international nautical mile" is a kind of...):

nautical linear unit (a linear unit of distance used in navigation)

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