NAUTICAL

nautical. Nautical, a. pertaining to seamen or ships

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Nau″tic‐al (?), a. [[L. nauticus, Gr. ναυτικόσ, fr. ναύτησ a seaman, sailor, fr. ναυ̑σ 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. Syn. — Naval; marine; maritime. See Naval. 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.