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Nautical mile (nmi) — unit for marine and air navigation defined exactly as 1,852 meters
Closely tied to Earth’s geometry; one minute of latitude is approximately one nautical mile. Speeds at sea and in air use knots.
- Symbols: nmi, NM
- Systems: Maritime/Aviation
- Exact relations: 1 nmi = 1,852 m = 1.852 km (exact)
- Imperial/US equivalents: 1 nmi ≈ 1.15078 mi ≈ 6,076.11549 ft
- Typical examples: charted distances; 1 knot = 1 nmi/h
Barleycorn - traditional English length unit
Barleycorn is a historical unit of length in the Imperial/US systems, originally based on a grain of barley. Used today mainly as the step size in UK/Irish shoe sizing
- Symbol: none standardized (sometimes "bc")
- System: Imperial/US customary (historic)
- Exact relations: 1 barleycorn = 1/3 in (exact); 3 barleycorns = 1 in; 36 barleycorns = 1 ft
- Metric equivalents: 1 barleycorn = 25.4/3 mm ≈ 8.466666… mm ≈ 0.846666… cm
- Typical examples: consecutive UK shoe sizes differ by one barleycorn (≈ 1/3 in) in last length