What does nautical mean?
Definitions for nautical
ˈnɔ tɪ kəl, ˈnɒt ɪ-nau·ti·cal
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Princeton's WordNet
nautical, maritime, marineadjective
relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
"nautical charts"; "maritime law"; "marine insurance"
Wiktionary
nauticaladjective
Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen.
nautical charts
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Nautical, Nautickadjective
Pertaining to sailors.
Etymology: nauticus, Latin.
He elegantly shewed by whom he was drawn, which depainted the nautical compass with aut magnes, aut magna. William Camden.
Wikipedia
nautical
Seamanship is the art, knowledge and competence of operating a ship, boat or other craft on water. The Oxford Dictionary states that seamanship is "The skill, techniques, or practice of handling a ship or boat at sea."It involves topics and development of specialised skills, including navigation and international maritime law and regulatory knowledge; weather, meteorology and forecasting; watchkeeping; ship-handling and small boat handling; operation of deck equipment, anchors and cables; ropework and line handling; communications; sailing; engines; execution of evolutions such as towing; cargo handling equipment, dangerous cargoes and cargo storage; dealing with emergencies; survival at sea and search and rescue; and fire fighting. The degree of knowledge needed within these areas is dependent upon the nature of the work and the type of vessel employed by a seafarer.
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nautical
Nautical refers to anything related to sailors, ships, navigation of ships or the sea. It can cover areas of study, activities, terminology, equipment, or professions associated with seafaring and marine exploits.
Webster Dictionary
Nauticaladjective
of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or to ships; as, nautical skill
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Nautical
naw′tik-al, adj. of or pertaining to ships, to sailors, or to navigation: naval: marine.—adv. Nau′tically.—Nautical almanac, an almanac giving information specially useful to sailors; Nautical mile, one-sixtieth of a degree measured at the Equator (=about 2025 yards). [L. nauticus—Gr. nautikos—naus; cog. with L. navis, a ship.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
nautical
Relating to navigation, sailors, or maritime affairs in general.
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Anagrams for nautical »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of nautical in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of nautical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of nautical in a Sentence
The international community should see this is not just a matter of economy but sovereignty, south China Sea is only the name, but 200 nautical miles in the exclusive economic zone is under our borders.
The accident took place about 11 nautical miles south-east of Qingdao port and so far there has been no direct impact on the operation of Qingdao port, there are oil spill experts on the scene that have started clean-up operations.
The exercises are unprecedented as the PLA conventional missiles are expected to fly over the island of Taiwan for the first time, the PLA forces will enter areas within 12 nautical miles of the island and the so-called median line will cease to exist.
The passage of U.S. vessels within 12 nautical miles of China’s man-made features in the South China Sea is a necessary and overdue response to China’s destabilizing behavior in the region.
You will have a bunch of boats ... sitting about 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Libya's territorial waters able in practice to serve no other useful function than search and rescue.
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- بحريArabic
- nàuticCatalan, Valencian
- morwrolWelsh
- nautischGerman
- ναυτικόςGreek
- naŭtikaEsperanto
- náuticoSpanish
- دریاییPersian
- meri-, merenkulku-, merenkulullinenFinnish
- nautiqueFrench
- ימי, ימיתHebrew
- nautica, nauticoItalian
- 航海, 海事Japanese
- nauticisLatin
- nautischDutch
- nautiskNorwegian
- morski, żeglarskiPolish
- náuticoPortuguese
- мореходный, навигационный, морскойRussian
- கடல்Tamil
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