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nautical

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nau·ti·cal  (nôt-kl)
adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of ships, shipping, sailors, or navigation on a body of water.

[From Latin nauticus, from Greek nautikos, from nauts, sailor, from naus, ship; see nu- in Indo-European roots.]

nauti·cal·ly adv.
Synonyms: nautical, marine, maritime, naval
These adjectives mean of or relating to the sea, ships, shipping, sailors, or navigation: nautical charts; marine insurance; maritime law; a naval officer.

nautical
Adjective
of the sea, ships, or navigation [Greek nautikos, from naus ship]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.nautical - relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen; "nautical charts"; "maritime law"; "marine insurance"

nautical
Translations
nautical [ˈnɔːtɪkl] adjnáutico, marítimo;
nautical mile → milla marina

nautical [ˈnɔːtɪkl] adjnautique

nautical [ˈnɔːtɪkl] adj (chart) → See-;
(uniform) → Seemanns-

nautical [ˈnɔːtɪkl] adjnautico/a

nautical
adj nautical [ˈnoːtikəl]
of ships or sailors nautical language. skeepsagtig بَحْري، مِلاحي морски námořnický nautisk; sø- Seefahrts-... ναυτικός náutico merendus- دریایی merenkulku- nautique, naval שֶׁל סַפָּנוּת जहाजी nautički,pomorski tengerészeti pelayaran sjómennsku- nautico 航海の 항해의, 바다의 jūros, jūreivystės, jūreiviškas jūras-; navigācijas-; kuģniecības batu nautika nautisch sjø-; sjømanns- żeglarski, morski náutico nautic, naval морской námornícky pomorski pomorski nautisk, sjö-, sjömans- ทางทะเล denizciliğe ait, denizcilikle ilgili 船舶的,海員的;航海的 морський جہازراني سے متعلق hàng hải


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Shops with nautical instruments in the windows, rope and paint sellers, and slop shops with long rows of oilskins dangling from hooks, all proclaimed the neighborhood of the docks.
Redburn: His First Voyage,' published in 1849, is partly founded on the experiences of this trip, which was undertaken with the full consent of his relatives, and which seems to have satisfied his nautical ambition for a time.
But this extraordinary creature could transport itself from one place to another with surprising velocity; as, in an interval of three days, the Governor Higginson and the Columbus had observed it at two different points of the chart, separated by a distance of more than seven hundred nautical leagues.
 
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