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nautical mile

noun as in sea mile

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Only on the equator is a minute of longitude and a nautical mile of the same length.

Now you have already learned that a minute of latitude is always equal to a nautical mile.

Its breaking strain is 135 cwt., and cost about 357 per nautical mile.

Its breaking strain 65 cwt., and cost about 127 per nautical mile.

The drums used for reeling a multiple cable on, are capable of holding half a nautical mile in length.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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