- 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...
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including a
basic knowledge of ship recognition, a
basic understanding of
nautical terms, ship
structure and
naval architecture and
cargo operations, specific...
- 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...
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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...
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bridge or in a
separate chart room, nearby. It
includes a
table sized for
nautical charts where calculations of
course and
location are made. The navigator...
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- This
glossary of
nautical terms is an
alphabetical listing of
terms and
expressions connected with ships, shipping,
seamanship and
navigation on water...
- The
nautical star is a
symbolic star
representing the
North Star, ****ociated with the sea
services of the
United States armed forces and with
tattoo culture...
- 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...
- In
sailing and boating, a vessel's
freeboard is the
distance from the
waterline to the
upper deck level,
measured at the
lowest point of
sheer where water...
