international nautical mile
1international nautical mile — noun 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, ↑air mile • Derivationally related forms: ↑mil …
2international nautical mile — jūrmylė statusas T sritis Standartizacija ir metrologija apibrėžtis Tarptautinis jūreivystėje ir aeronautikoje vartojamas matavimo vienetas. Žymima nmi: 1 nmi = 1852 m. Priimta 1929 m. Monake vykusioje Neeilinėje tarptautinėje hidrografijos… …
3international nautical mile — The length of the arc of a great circle that subtends an angle of one minute at the center of the earth. This length varies with latitude because of the irregular shape of the earth. For the purpose of navigation, however, the international… …
4international nautical mile — noun → nautical mile …
5International Nautical Mile — See nautical mile …
6international nautical mile — the nautical mile as currently defined by international agreement, equal to exactly 1852 meters or 6076.11549 feet. This long name is sometimes used to distinguish the current nautical mile from older units …
7international nautical mile — a unit of distance at sea or in the air equal to 1.852 kilometers. Also called international air mile. * * * …
8international nautical mile — in′terna′tional nau′tical mile′ n. naut. wam navig. a unit of distance at sea or in the air equal to 1.852 kilometers, based on the distance of one minute of arc of a great circle of the earth, and used in the U.S. since 1959 …
9international air mile. — See international nautical mile. * * * …
10international air mile. — See international nautical mile …
