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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King