international nautical mile
- noun
- /ˌɪntəˈnæʃənl ˈnɔːtɪkəl maɪl/
- Specialized
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milla náutica internacional
- One international nautical mile is equivalent to 1,852 meters.
Examples
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Maritime charts use the international nautical mile as the standard unit for measuring distances.
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The ship covered 500 international nautical miles during its journey across the Atlantic.
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A flight between the two cities is approximately 800 international nautical miles in distance.
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The ship traveled 50 international nautical miles today.
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Maritime charts use the international nautical mile as the standard unit for measuring distances.
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A flight between the two cities is approximately 800 international nautical miles in distance.
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The ship covered 500 international nautical miles during its journey across the Atlantic.
Synonyms
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1.0
A measure of distance at sea equal to 1,852 meters used in navigation
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4.4
A distance of exactly 1,852 meters used for measuring sea and air travel
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8.1
A unit of distance used at sea equal to 1,852 meters
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3.2
A unit of distance used in flying that equals 1,852 meters
A unit for measuring distance at sea or in the air equal to about 1852 meters
Surface Forms
Morphology
international + nautical + mile
The phrase is literally built from 'international' (standard between countries) + 'nautical' (relating to navigation) + 'mile' (a unit of distance), so its meaning as a standardized navigation unit is directly inferable from the parts. This compositional pattern is common across languages and follows normal English noun modification, making it immediately understandable to learners who know the constituent words.
Etymology
International nautical mile comes from sailors who measured the Earth: they used the distance of 'one minute of latitude', a very small part of a north–south line on the globe, as a handy mile at sea, and that is why the term means the standard sea distance of exactly 1,852 metres used for navigation.