- A
nautical mile is a unit of
length used in air, marine, and
space navigation, and for the
definition of
territorial waters. Historically, it was defined...
- The knot (/nɒt/) is a unit of
speed equal to one
nautical mile per hour,
exactly 1.852 km/h (approximately 1.151 mph or 0.514 m/s). The ISO
standard symbol...
- In
nautical terms, the word
sound is used to
describe the
process of
determining the
depth of
water in a tank or
under a ship.
Tanks are
sounded to determine...
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following objects that make use of
nautical floats. A
pontoon boat is a
flattish boat that
relies on
nautical floats for buoyancy.
Common boat designs...
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consistent with a long
nautical tradition of
accurate celestial navigation.
Nautical time
divides the
globe into 24
nautical time
zones with
hourly clock...
- In
nautical terms, the
stanchion is the
thick and high iron that with
others equal or
similar is
placed vertically on the gunwale,
stern and tops. Stanchions...
- A
nautical almanac is a
publication describing the
positions of a
selection of
celestial bodies for the
purpose of
enabling navigators to use celestial...
- In some
boats and ships, a
transom is the aft
transverse surface of the hull that
forms the
stern of a vessel. Historically, they are a
development from...
- This
glossary of
nautical terms is an
alphabetical listing of
terms and
expressions connected with ships, shipping,
seamanship and
navigation on water...
