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Categories: Navigation, Customary units of measurement in the United States, All articles with unsourced statements, Units of velocity, Units of length
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nautical mile  mile  mi  naut mi  knot  M
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A unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude WordNet 3.0
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A unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The knot is a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour, exactly 1.852 km/h. Wikipedia
A nautical mile is a unit of length used in air, marine, and space navigation, and for the definition of territorial waters. Wikipedia
Nautical miles per hour Wikipedia Disambiguation
A unit of velocity Wikipedia Disambiguation
Unit of distance Wikidata
Unit of speed Wikidata
A unit of speed, equal to one nautical mile per hour. OmegaWiki
A unit of length which corresponds approximately to one minute of latitude along any meridian. OmegaWiki
A unit of distance for air transport; equal to a nautical mile. Wiktionary
A unit of speed, equal to one nautical mile per hour. (From the practice of counting the number of knots in the log-line (as it is paid out) in a standard time. Traditionally spaced at one every 1⁄120 of a mile.). Wiktionary
Nautical unit of speed. Wiktionary (translation)
One mile per hour, as a measure of speed. Wiktionary
A unit of length corresponding approximately to one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian. By international agreement it is exactly 1,852 metres (approximately 6,076 feet or 1.151 statute mile). Wiktionary
Nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres. Wiktionary (translation)
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Cedric claimed his old yacht could make 12 knots. Wiktionary
Five miles over the speed limit. Wiktionary