(adj) relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen, Syn. maritime, marine, Example:nautical charts; maritime law; marine insurance
(n) a former British unit of length equivalent to 6, 080 feet (1, 853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile, Syn. Admiralty mile, mi, mile, naut mi, geographical mile
(n) 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. mi, mile, air mile, international nautical mile, knot, naut mi
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
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 ]
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 ]