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 are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats