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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Nautical \Nau"tic*al\, adjective [L. nauticus, Gr. naytiko's, fr. nay'ths a seaman, sailor, fr. nay^s ship: cf. F. nautique. See {Nave} of a church.] 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}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
nautical
adjective: relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen; "nautical charts"; "maritime law"; "marine insurance" [syn: {maritime}, {marine}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "nautical": bathymetric, bathyorographical, boating, deep-sea, hydrographic, marine, maritime, naval, navigational, ocean-going, oceanic, oceanographic, pelagic, sailing, salty, seafaring, seagoing, seamanlike, seamanly, terriginous, thalassic, water-borne, yachting
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