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nautical

[ naw-ti-kuhl, not-i- ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to sailors, ships, or navigation:

    nautical terms.

    Synonyms: , ,



nautical

/ ˈɔːɪə /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or involving ships, navigation, or sailors
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԲܳپ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • Բ·پ···ٲ [naw-ti-, kal, -i-tee, not-i-], noun
  • Բt·· adverb
  • ԴDz·Բt· adjective
  • non·Բt·· adverb
  • ܲ·Բt· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of nautical1

1545–55; < Latin nautic ( us ) pertaining to ships or sailors (< Greek Բܳپó, equivalent to Բû ( s ) ship + -tikos -tic ) + -al 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of nautical1

C16: from Latin nauticus, from Greek nautikos, from naus ship
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One woman, it was reported, turned up with a giant telescope "handed down from Trafalgar by some nautical ancestor".

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The ships are now reportedly 340 nautical miles east of the New South Wales coast of Australia, although they were said to have come as close as 150 nautical miles from Sydney at one point.

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Lee, who hails from Rancho Cordova, was discovered missing at 6:45 a.m. last Tuesday while the Waesche was conducting a routine counter-drug patrol around 300 nautical miles south of Mexico.

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Mexico argues the US cannot legally change the Gulf's name because UN rules dictate that an individual country's sovereign territory only extends up to 12 nautical miles out from the coastline.

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The other five band members, however, will show up as planned for a five-day nautical jaunt in less than two weeks, embarking in Miami and stopping on Grand Cayman island and in Ocho Rios, Jamaica.

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