NAUTICAL

nautical, maritime, marine

(adjective) relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen; “nautical charts”; “maritime law”; “marine insurance”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

nautical (comparative more nautical, superlative most nautical)

Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen.

Anagrams

• actinula

Source: Wiktionary


Nau"tic*al, a. Etym: [L. nauticus, Gr. nautique. See Nave of a church.]

Definition: Of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or to ships; as, nautical skill.

Syn.

– Naval; marine; maritime. See Naval. Nautical almanac. See under Almanac.

– Nautical distance, the length in nautical miles of the rhumb line joining any two places on the earth's surface.

– nautical mile. see under Mile.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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