nautical
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5.9
- adjective
- /ˈnɔːtɪkəl/
:
náutico
- Transmitting data through a cable more than 2,000 nautical miles in length
- nautical miles
- nautical chart
- nautical technology
Now, again, knots is nautical mph, right?
- Now, again, knots is nautical mph, right?
- I see nautical dads with the boat shoes and I see Count Dracula.
- So I usually usually I have, I basically just do some kind of version of a nautical sea witch.
- All of that is possible because of development of, you know, nautical tech technology and, and being able to to just move things.
- I felt like a very kind of hi ready nautical feeling.
- Oh sorry, some jackals sent in some nautical porn titles.
Examples
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It's around 300 nautical Miles, South, southwest of Fiji.
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Fishing trips were usually less than 18 hours and occurred within 30 nautical miles of port.
Academic text (1997) -
We could see at first, the edge of the sea ice was about two to four nautical miles away.
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On Apollo 8, we were so close, just 60 nautical miles down and...
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It's over 4,000 nautical miles from Japan to Pearl.
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1,400 nautical-mile range, low and slow.
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A 1,000-passenger aircraft with a 9,000-nautical-mile range may exist by the year 2020.
Academic text (1994) -
FILIPE CASTRO is a professor of nautical archaeology at Texas A&M University.
Academic text (2003) -
The wood is currently being conserved at the laboratories of the state agency for nautical archaeology in Lisbon.
Academic text (2003) -
The vessel was navigating through treacherous waters, relying on precise nautical charts.
Synonyms
57
5.3
Used to find and follow the best path for a ship, plane, or vehicle
33
4.7
Relating to the sea, ships, and land near the coast
4
4.6
Relating to ships, navigation, and people who work on ships
1
5.5
Connected with travel or work on the sea, often as a job
Compounds
- Specialized
11
4.4
A distance of exactly 1,852 meters used for measuring sea and air travel
- Specialized
A unit of distance for ships and planes that equals 1,852 meters
- Specialized
A unit of distance used in sea navigation, like a nautical mile
How Ship-Related
Surface Forms
Morphology
nautical = naut + ical
The root 'naut' is a Greek combining form (not a standalone English word), so knowing common English words will not reliably let learners derive the meaning of 'nautical' from its parts.
Etymology
The word nautical comes from a Greek root naus that means 'ship'. You can see the same root in everyday words like navy and navigate, so nautical describes things to do with ships, sailors, or sailing.