Nautical+mile

  • 91land mile —    the ordinary statute mile, equal to 5280 feet or 1609.344 meters, is sometimes called a land mile to distinguish it from the nautical mile. Similarly, a land league is equal to 3 statute miles (5280 yards or 4828.03 meters) as distinguished… …

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  • 92radar mile —    the time required for a radar signal to travel a distance of one mile from the transmitter to an object, and then return to the receiver. Both ordinary (statute) and nautical miles are used: the radar statute mile is about 10.8 microseconds… …

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  • 93Twelve Mile — can refer to:*Twelve Mile, Indiana, an unincorporated community *Twelve Mile Circle, part of the Pennsylvania–Delaware boundary *Twelve Mile Township in Williams County, North Dakota, USA *Twelve Mile Lake Township in Emmet County, Iowa, USA… …

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  • 94Three-mile limit — The three mile limit refers to a traditional and now largely obsolete conception of the international law of the seas which defined a country s territorial waters, for the purposes of trade regulation and exclusivity, as extending as far as the… …

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  • 95Fort St. John/Tompkins Mile 54 Airport — Infobox Airport name = Fort St. John/Tompkins Mile 54 Airport nativename = nativename a = nativename r = image width = caption = IATA = ICAO = CBZ3< type = Abandoned aerodrome owner = operator = A.B. Tompkins city served = location = Fort St.&#8230; …

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  • 96sea mile — n a unit for measuring distance at sea that is slightly longer than a land mile, and equals 1853 metres = ↑nautical mile …

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  • 97sea mile — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms sea mile : singular sea mile plural sea miles a nautical mile …

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  • 98sea mile — sea ,mile noun count a NAUTICAL MILE …

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  • 99aeronautical mile — The arc of a great circle that subtends an angle of 1 min of latitude at the center of the earth. For navigational purposes, its value has been standardized to 6076.1 ft (1852 m). Also known as a nautical mile. Aeronautical mile …

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  • 100sea mile — noun (C) a unit for measuring distance at sea that is slightly longer than a land mile, and equals 1853 metres; nautical mile …

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