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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Nautical

/nôt'-ək-əl/ · Nau·tic·al · IPA /ˈnɔ.tɪ.kəl/
01 a. Of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or to ships; as, nautical skill.
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or to ships; as, nautical skill.
Phrases & compounds
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.
Syn. Naval; marine; maritime. See Naval.