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knot (kn)
A unit of speed used at sea, defined as one nautical mile per hour. The international knot (1852 m/h) used in the US differs slightly from the UK knot (6080 ft/h). The name comes from the old practice of measuring speed at sea by counting the number of knots in a knotted line payed out over the stern in a given time.
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