Usually means: Unit of measurement used at sea.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word nautical mile:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. nautical mile: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. nautical mile: Merriam-Webster
  3. nautical mile: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. nautical mile: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. nautical mile: Collins English Dictionary
  6. nautical mile: Vocabulary.com
  7. nautical-mile, nautical mile: Wordnik
  8. nautical mile: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. nautical mile: Wiktionary
  10. nautical mile: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. nautical mile: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. nautical mile: Dictionary.com
  13. Nautical mile: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. nautical mile: Rhymezone
  15. nautical mile: FreeDictionary.org
  16. nautical mile: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. nautical mile: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Nautical-mile, nautical mile: Encyclopedia

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Nautical Mile: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  2. Nautical Mile: Extragalactic Astronomy

Tech (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  4. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  5. NAUTICAL MILE: Glossary of Nautical Terms
  6. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  7. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  8. Nautical Mile, Nautical Mile: Latitude Mexico

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Definitions from Wiktionary (nautical mile)

noun:  A unit of length corresponding approximately to one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian. By international agreement it is exactly 1,852 metres (approximately 6,076 feet or 1.151 statute mile).
noun:  (historical) Synonym of sea mile, a historical Scandinavian unit of distance equal to about 4 nmi.

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