naut mi
n 1: a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet
(1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile
[syn: {nautical mile}, {naut mi}, {mile}, {mi},
{geographical mile}, {Admiralty mile}]
2: a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters;
historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of
arc in latitude [syn: {nautical mile}, {mile}, {mi}, {naut
mi}, {knot}, {international nautical mile}, {air mile}]