List of nautical units of measurement
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Nautical units of measurement in current or historical use include:
Unit | Type | Notes |
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Cable length | Length | |
Fathom | Length | |
Knot | Speed | |
League | Length | |
Nautical mile | Length | |
Rhumb | Angle | The angle between two successive points of the thirty-two point compass (11 degrees 15 minutes) (rare)[1] |
Shackle | Length | Before 1949, 12.5 fathoms; later 15 fathoms.[2] |
Toise | Length | Toise was also used for measures of area and volume |
Twenty-foot equivalent unit or TEU | Volume | Used in connection with container ships and ports |
See also
References
- ↑ "rhumb, n". Oxford English Dictionary: sense 2.b. https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/165356.
- ↑ Jerrard, H. G. (2013). "Shackle". A Dictionary of Scientific Units: Including dimensionless numbers and scales. Springer. p. 127. ISBN 9789401705714. https://books.google.com/books?id=r2wyBwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA127&dq=shackle%20fathom&pg=PA127#q=shackle%20fathom. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List of nautical units of measurement.
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