Get to know Nautical better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like maritime or marine.
Nautical meaning
Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen.
Synonyms of Nautical
Using Nautical
- The main meaning on this page is: Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen.
- Useful related words include: maritime, marine, transportation, shipping.
- In the example corpus, nautical often appears in combinations such as: nautical miles, the nautical, to nautical.
Context around Nautical
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 7 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nautical
- In this selection, "nautical" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, nine, 200, providing, miles, almanac and mile stand out and add context to how "nautical" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1 250 nautical miles and and a faintly nautical look to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nautical" sits close to words such as acidic, adamu and attributable, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nautical
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Nautical mile On the utility of the nautical mile. (9 words)
Nautical inspiration was prevalent everywhere on and off the runway. (10 words)
U.S. Nautical Almanac Office and Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office. (12 words)
As in most of the western world, air navigation is based on nautical units, e.g., the nautical mile, which is neither imperial nor metric, though altitude is still measured in imperial feet citation in keeping with the international standard. (40 words)
Curvaceous without sacrificing too much in the way of practicality, its long hood, swooping roofline, and bold side creases have a faintly nautical look to them, like a yacht sailing at speed through ocean waves. (35 words)
Danish shipping company Maersk confirmed that the crew onboard Maersk Hangzhou had reported a flash on deck on December 30 at around 1830 CET, when the vessel was 55 nautical miles southwest of Al Hodeidah. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Rather than surveying transect lines 20 nautical miles apart, the saildrones surveyed transects that were roughly 40 nautical miles apart.
While state waters extend to 9 nautical miles offshore in the Gulf, the blue crab trap closures include only state waters extending to 3 nautical miles offshore.
State waters run several miles out from the coast (anywhere from three to nine nautical miles, depending), and federal waters extend roughly 200 nautical miles from the end of state waters.
As in most of the western world, air navigation is based on nautical units, e.g., the nautical mile, which is neither imperial nor metric, though altitude is still measured in imperial feet citation in keeping with the international standard.
During the 19th century, many maritime nations established hydrographic offices to provide means for improving the navigation of naval and merchant vessels by providing nautical publications, nautical charts, and other navigational services.
Nautical almanac offices of the United Kingdom and United States, Explanatory supplement to the Astronomical Ephemeris and the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1961), 413-6.
Nautical mile On the utility of the nautical mile.
U.S. Nautical Almanac Office and Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office.
Curvaceous without sacrificing too much in the way of practicality, its long hood, swooping roofline, and bold side creases have a faintly nautical look to them, like a yacht sailing at speed through ocean waves.
Danish shipping company Maersk confirmed that the crew onboard Maersk Hangzhou had reported a flash on deck on December 30 at around 1830 CET, when the vessel was 55 nautical miles southwest of Al Hodeidah.
Even so, Ukraine proceeded with its experiment, confident that its onshore defence systems — with a range of about 100 nautical miles — could deter Russia’s navy from mounting an assault.
He’s already put on 1,250 nautical miles, and left last week from to begin completing all of his pre-required tasks.
However, lower-level players may want to give it a shot, as well as those looking to immerse themselves in the nautical-themed expansion.
Inarguably a Tiki bar — you will find tiki masks and flower-topped drinks galore — Strong Water’s primary theme is nautical.
In response to rocket attacks, Israel has at times reduced the zone to six or even three nautical miles.
It is 350 nautical miles from the closest internationally recognized strip of Chinese territory—well outside Beijing’s EEZ.
Nautical Bowls in Naperville is opening with a staff of 15: 12 high school students, two college students and Amundson as general manager.
Nautical inspiration was prevalent everywhere on and off the runway.
One of the most charming Zelda games of all time, ’s nautical theme and adventurous gameplay managed to overcome initial hesitations over its visual style and become a beloved classic.
Over Ayungin Shoal, where the Philippine Navy’s BRP Sierra Madre is grounded to assert Philippine sovereignty, the PCG said that CCG vessel 5304 was still lurking about six nautical miles away.
Common combinations with nautical
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- nautical miles 92×
- the nautical 19×
- to nautical 12×
- nautical mile 12×
- and nautical 11×
- about nautical 11×
- of nautical 10×
- nautical almanac 8×
- nautical theme 6×
- nautical chart 6×