nautical
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- nauticality noun
- nautically adverb
- nonnautical adjective
- nonnautically adverb
- unnautical adjective
Etymology
Origin of nautical
1545–55; < Latin nautic ( us ) pertaining to ships or sailors (< Greek nautikós, equivalent to naû ( s ) ship + -tikos -tic ) + -al 1
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Example Sentences
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"We brought our longest-range aircraft here and we're focusing on the area which other actors cannot reach, approximately between 300 and 500 nautical miles from the Canaries," he said.
From Barron's
They were eventually discovered on the island of Kythira, 60 nautical miles from Kalamata, after being left in a bag on a coastguard vessel, so said officials.
From BBC
Had Motin changed course about one nautical mile away from the anchored oil tanker, "there would have been no collision", he said.
From Barron's
The prefecture said nautical and air exclusion zones had been established around the anchorage site.
From Barron's
The agency preventively closed an extensive swath of airspace extending 1,600 nautical miles from the launch site, across the Gulf of Mexico and through part of the Caribbean.
From Salon
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