Assertion: nautical mile | /r/DefinedAs | one minute of latitude
Facets:
value: historically
type: TEMPORAL
value: originally
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Historically speaking, the nautical units were used by sailors because it was just more practical -- one nautical mile was originally defined as one minute of latitude (lines of latitude are the ones that slice the earth horizontally -- think "flatitude"), a distance which is relatively constant (although not totally so due to earth's ellipsoid shape, but much more so than minutes of longitude which vary greatly).
text: Historically speaking, the nautical units were used by sailors because it was just more practical -- one nautical mile was originally defined as one minute of latitude (lines of latitude are the ones that slice the earth horizontally -- think "flatitude"), a distance which is relatively constant (although not totally so due to earth's ellipsoid shape, but much more so than minutes of longitude which vary greatly).
text: Historically, it was defined as one minute of latitude, which is equivalent to one sixtieth of a degree of latitude.
text: Historically, it was defined as one minute of latitude, which is equivalent to one sixtieth of a degree of latitude.