international nautical mile

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noun

a unit of length used in navigation;
exactly 1,852 meters;
historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
• Syn:
nautical mile, mile, mi, naut mi, knot, air mile
• Derivationally related forms:
miler (for: mile)
• Hypernyms:
nautical linear unit