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The unit of speed used in navigation.
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One nautical mile (6,080 feet or 1,852 meters) per hour.
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The term knot or nautical mile, is used world-wide to denote one's speed through water. Today, we measure knots with electronic devices, but 200 years ago such devices were unknown. Ingenious mariners devised a speed measuring device both easy to use and reliable called the "log line". From this method we get the term knot. The log line was a length of twine marked at 47.33 foot intervals by colored knots. ...
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a nautical unit of speed - 1 knot = 1 nautical mile (2000 yards) per hour.
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1. An interlacing of rope, cord, etc, drawn tight into a lump or end. 2. (Naut) A measure of Nautical speed about 1.125 statute miles per hour.*
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