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INTERNATIONAL NAUTICAL MILE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
Synonyms:
air mile; international nautical mile; mi; mile; naut mi; nautical mile
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("international nautical mile" is a kind of...):
nautical linear unit (a linear unit of distance used in navigation)