nautical mile

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a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters)

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nautical linear unit

a unit of length used in navigation

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nautical linear unit

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Pachauri must be a busy man with a large carbon footprint because of the number of aeronautical miles he notches up.

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Of course, it doesn't hurt that the property on which sits his log home and wind turbine is located near the highest point in Chautauqua County, New York (just a few miles outside of Frewsburg), or that he's within 20 aeronautical miles of Lake Erie; a long, slender stretch of water that just happens to be canted in the same direction as the prevailing winds.

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