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  2. Nautical mile - Wikipedia

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    A nautical mile is a unit of length used in air, marine, and space navigation, and for the definition of territorial waters. [2] [3] [4] Historically, it was defined as the meridian arc length corresponding to one minute (⁠ 1 / 60 ⁠ of a degree) of latitude at the equator, so that Earth's polar circumference is very near to 21,600 nautical miles (that is 60 minutes × 360 degrees).

  3. Data mile - Wikipedia

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    In radar-related subjects and in JTIDS, a data mile is a unit of distance equal to 6,000 feet (1,829 metres; 0.9875 nautical miles; 1.136 miles). An international mile is 0.88 data mile. The speed of light is 299,792,458 metres per second (983,571,056 ft/s), or about one foot per nanosecond.

  4. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    3 nm – the average half-pitch of a memory cell manufactured circa 2022; 3.4 nm – length of a DNA turn (10 bp) 3.8 nm – size of an albumin molecule; 5 nm – size of the gate length of a 16 nm processor; 5 nm – the average half-pitch of a memory cell manufactured circa 2019–2020; 6 nm – length of a phospholipid bilayer

  5. Mile - Wikipedia

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    The Swedish mile was standardised as 36,000 Swedish feet or 10.6884 kilometres (6.6415 miles) ... Measured at a circumference of 40,000 km. Abbreviation: NM, nm 1,852.3

  6. Units of measurement in transportation - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, it is computed per 100 million miles traveled, while internationally it is computed in 100 million or 1 billion kilometers traveled. According to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Office of Traffic Safety Volume of traffic, or vehicle miles traveled (VMT), is a predictor of crash incidence.

  7. League (unit) - Wikipedia

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    Though the NM was defined on the basis of the minute, it varies from the equatorial minute, because at that time people could only estimate the circumference of the equator to be 40,000 km. 1,894.35: Ottoman mile: Ottoman Empire: 1933: 5,000 ayak: Ottoman units of measurement: 2,065: Portugal: 2,220: Gallo-Roman league: Gallo-Roman culture: 1 ...

  8. Knot (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The knot (/ n ɒ t /) is a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour, exactly 1.852 km/h ... 1.15078 miles per hour (approximately), 20.25372 inches per ...

  9. Earth radius - Wikipedia

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    Earth radius (denoted as R 🜨 or R E) is the distance from the center of Earth to a point on or near its surface. Approximating the figure of Earth by an Earth spheroid (an oblate ellipsoid), the radius ranges from a maximum (equatorial radius, denoted a) of nearly 6,378 km (3,963 mi) to a minimum (polar radius, denoted b) of nearly 6,357 km (3,950 mi).