单词 | maritime mile |
释义 | > as lemmasmaritime mile maritime mile n. = nautical mile n. at nautical adj. and n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > mile > nautical mile geometrical1597 maritime mile1632 geometric1670 nautical mile1730 knot1748 nautic mile1762 sea-mile1796 air mile1919 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. viii. 362 Two thousand and three hundred Maritine miles. 1726 Philos. Trans. 1725 (Royal Soc.) 33 416 The Circumference was 6000 Feet, which i take to be the Standard of an Englsih maritime Mile, or the 1/ 60 part of a Degree upon the Equator. 1838 N. Amer. Rev. 46 536 The volcanic islands of the China Sea are 1,800 maritime miles distant. 1939 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 33 610 It was not until 1882 that six North Sea littoral states recognized that their jurisdiction extended only three maritime miles from their coasts. 2007 E. M. DeLoughrey Routes & Roots 21 Caribbean and Pacific Islanders were noted for..their ability to navigate thousands of maritime miles during an era when Europeans had not determined longitude. < as lemmas |
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