Meanings
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adj
relating to ships, sailors, navigation, or travel by sea
The captain unfolded a nautical chart before entering the narrow channel.
Thesaurus
Opposites
terrestrialland-based
Word family
Derived forms
nautically
Etymology
From French nautique and Latin nauticus, from Greek nautikos ("of ships or sailors"), itself based on naus ("ship"). English added the adjective-forming suffix -al.