Associations to the word «Nautical»

Wiktionary

NAUTICAL, adjective. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen.
NAUTICAL MILE, noun. (nautical) A unit of length corresponding approximately to one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian. By international agreement it is exactly 1,852 metres (approximately 6,076 feet).
NAUTICAL MILES, noun. Plural of nautical mile
NAUTICAL TWILIGHT, noun. The period in which the sun is 6° - 12° below the horizon in the morning and evening.

Dictionary definition

NAUTICAL, adjective. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen; "nautical charts"; "maritime law"; "marine insurance".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley