nnoun.quantitya former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mileSynset:Admiralty mile geographical mile mi mile nautical mile
Derivationally Related Form:miler
Hypernyms:nautical linear unit
Inherited Hypernyms:nautical milenautical linear unitlinear unitunit of measurementdefinite quantitymeasureabstractionentity
nnoun.quantitya unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitudeSynset:air mile international nautical mile mi mile nautical mile
Derivationally Related Form:miler
Hypernyms:nautical linear unit
Inherited Hypernyms:nautical milenautical linear unitlinear unitunit of measurementdefinite quantitymeasureabstractionentity