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Discussion Forum : General Science - Measurements (Q.No. 16)
16.
Nautical mile is a unit of distance used in
navigation
road mile
astronomy
measuring the boundaries of a nation
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Anonymous said:   8 years ago
Yes, it's the right answer.

Subodh singh said:   1 decade ago
Nautical mile is the unit of distance used to measured the distance in the sea.

Satyanarayana said:   1 decade ago
A nautical mile is a unit of distance frequently used in ocean navigation. It is defined as the length of an arc s along a great circle on the earth when the subtending angle has measure 1' = "one minute" = 1/60 of one degree. Assume the radius of the earth is 3,960 miles.
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