[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]