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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Its last location was around 40 nautical miles south of Plymouth and still in the UK's EEZ.
From BBC
He said the tanker was currently in international waters but in Libya's search and rescue zone about 53 nautical miles north of Tripoli and heading south.
From Barron's
The P-12 has a range of around 40 nautical miles when traveling at full capacity with 30 passengers and one crew member.
It was a six-to-seven seat jet capable of cruising at approximately 550 miles an hour and reaching up to 2,500 nautical miles without refueling—faster and farther than many other jets of its size.
On Sunday lunchtime, it was 50 nautical miles southwest of Malta.
From Barron's
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