The "doldrums" is a popular nautical term that refers to the belt around the Earth near the equator where sailing ships sometimes get stuck on windless waters.
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Nautical
//ˈnɔː.tɪ.kəl//
Synonyms for "nautical" (27 found)
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3 entriesTranslations
43 translations across 28 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ναυτικός adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
Arabic
1 entries- بَحْرِيّ adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
Belarusian
1 entries- марскі́ adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
Bulgarian
2 entries- мо́рски adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
- мореплава́телен adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
Catalan
1 entries- nàutic adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 海上的 adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
- 航海的 adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
Danish
1 entries- nautisk adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
Dutch
1 entries- nautisch adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
Esperanto
1 entries- naŭtika adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
Finnish
4 entries- merenkulku adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
- merenkulullinen adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
- meri adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
- nauttinen adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
French
1 entries- nautique adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
Galician
1 entries- náutico adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
German
1 entries- nautisch adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
Greek
1 entries- ναυτικός adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
Hebrew
1 entries- יַמִּי adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
Ido
4 entries- marala adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
- marista adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
- navala adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
- navana adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
Italian
1 entries- nautico adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
Japanese
2 entries- 海事の adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
- 航海の adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- nautisk adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- nautisk adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
Polish
2 entries- morski adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
- żeglarski adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
Portuguese
1 entries- náutico adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਜਹਾਜ਼ੀ adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
Russian
4 entries- морепла́вательный adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
- морехо́дный adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
- морско́й adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
- навигацио́нный adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
Spanish
1 entries- náutico adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
Swedish
1 entries- nautisk adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
Ukrainian
2 entries- морехо́дний adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
- морськи́й adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
Welsh
1 entries- morwrol adj (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
A nautical mile measures distance and a knot measures speed.
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A nautical mile is based on the circumference of the earth, and is equal to one minute of latitude.
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A nautical mile is equal to 1.1508 statute miles.
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