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

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca