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A 'Knot' is the speed of a ship at sea, in 'Nautical miles per hour'.
A Nautical mile is longer than a land mile.
A Nautical mile is one sixtieth of a degree. of curvature of the Earth's surface.
NB Land miles are measured in 'Miles per Hour (MPH)'.
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What is the Length of a knot in feet?
A knot is a measurement of speed.
How many knots equals 1 mile?
There's no sensible answer to this. Knots is a measurement of speed, and speed is distance over time. Mile is just distance.You'd have to sat something like what speed in MPH is equal to one knot.
How long is 1 knot in meters?
A knot is a unit of speed used at sea. 1 knot = 0.51444meters per second (m/s).One knot is defined as 1 nautical mile per hour. 1 nautical mile = 1852 m.
Is knot an adjective?
No. The word knot is a noun, meaning a twist in a rope. The unit of speed 'knot' means "nautical mile per hour."
What is a knot to 1 mile?
1mile = 0.869 knots
What is the Measurement of a Knot?
A Knot is a speed of one nautical mile per hour. The conversion to MPH is 1.15077845 to 1. That is 1 knot is 1.15 mph.
What is the standard measurement of the speed of ships?
The standard measurement of the speed of ships is knots. One knot is equal to one nautical mile per hour. It is commonly used in maritime navigation to indicate the speed of a vessel.
What are knots?
A knot is either a way of attaching a rope to something else, or a measurement of speed used for boats and aircraft. One knot is one nautical mile/hour. One nautical mile is 1.852 km. So 1 knot = 1.85 kmh One nautical mile is 1.15 land miles. So 1 knot = 1.15 mph
How does a knot compare to a G?
These two are measurements of completely different things. A Knot is a measurement of speed (1 Knot = 1 Nautical mile/hour) and a G is the measuremet of gravity (1G = the natural force of gravity)
How long does it take to travel a knot?
The knot(pronounced not) is a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile (which is defined as 1.852 km) per hour, approximately 1.151 mph. a knot isn't a distance, but a measurement.
Is one knot equal to one nautical mile per hour?
1 knot is 1 nautical mile per hour, but the words knot and nautical mile are not always interchangeable in sentences (that is, to say something like "he is 1 knot to the north" would not be grammatically correct. Instead you should say "he is 1 nautical mile to the north", just as it is not truly correct to say "The wind speed was 30 nautical miles per hour". In this case you should say "The wind speed was 30 knots").
What is the Length of a knot in feet?
A knot is a measurement of speed.
Where use the nautical mile and statue mile?
The nautical mile is used in sea-going and aviation navigation, as well as in regard to international treaties due to its convenient relation to the longitudinal system for plotting geographic locations on the globe. One nautical mile is approximately equal to one minute in longitude on any meridian latitudinal line. One nautical mile is equal to 1852 meters. One nautical mile is equal to approximately 1.15 statute miles. This is also the purpose of the unit of speed measurement the "knot" as one knot is equal to 1.15 miles per hour, thus the knot is a measurement of nautical miles per hour.
How long is a knot?
The speed of one nautical mile per hour is called one knot. So a knot can be considered a nautical mile
How fast is a knot in speed?
like about 50 per fast
How much is 1 knot?
One knot is equivalent to 1 nautical mile per hour. A nautical mile is slightly larger than a standard mile, as it is 2000 yards, so 1 knot is slightly faster than 1 mph.
How many knots equals 1 mile?
There's no sensible answer to this. Knots is a measurement of speed, and speed is distance over time. Mile is just distance.You'd have to sat something like what speed in MPH is equal to one knot.
