Nautical \Nau"tic*al\, a. [L. nauticus, Gr. naytiko`s, fr.
nay`ths a seaman, sailor, fr. nay^s ship: cf. F. nautique.
See Nave of a church.]
Of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or to
ships; as, nautical skill.
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Syn: Naval; marine; maritime. See Naval.
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Nautical almanac. See under Almanac.
Nautical distance, the length in nautical miles of the
rhumb line joining any two places on the earth's surface.
nautical mile. See under Mile.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
nautical
adj : relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or
seamen; "nautical charts"; "maritime law"; "marine
insurance" [syn: maritime, marine]
WordNet (r) 2.0
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "nautical":
bathymetric, bathyorographical, boating, deep-sea, hydrographic,
marine, maritime, naval, navigational, ocean-going, oceanic,
oceanographic, pelagic, sailing, salty, seafaring, seagoing,
seamanlike, seamanly, terriginous, thalassic, water-borne,
yachting
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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