nautical mile vs mile
Definitions
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
- a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile
Examples
The vakas have sailed over a hundred thousand nautical miles with only one major maintenance fix.
The breadth of the contiguous zone is twelve nautical miles.
This is defined by UNCLOS according to a complex formula, but in no case can it extend beyond the greater of 350 nautical miles from the baseline or 100 nautical miles from the 2500m isobath (a line connecting all points lying at a depth of 2500 metres).
Definitions
noun
- a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
- a footrace extending one mile
- a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
- a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)
- a large distance
Examples
Commander Laurel D' ken smiled wryly as the blue haired officer said to Allison, ‘We'll need to nursemaid them a bit but I think they'd be able to manage well enough.’
Methone is a bit bigger than Anthe, at 3km (1.8 miles) in diameter, it too was discovered by the Cassini imaging team in 2004.
The boa and the rattlesnake are homebodies that seldom travel more than a couple of miles in a lifetime.
