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There are currently 16 names in this directory beginning with the letter N.
Nadir
The part of the celestial sphere located directly opposite the zenith
Name
Description
Nautical mile
The length of one minute of arc of a great circle on the surface of the earth equal to 1820 metres
Nautophone
An electrically operated horn for giving fog warnings
Navigation lights
Lights for night navitation
Navigator
A crewman trained and qualified in the practice of determining position and setting courses
Navionics.
Digital cartography builder.
NEMEA
Standard communication device for marine electronic devices
Nimbus
Dark cloud without a specific shape
Nipper, gasket
Reinforcement which shelters mooring cables. Oakum which wraps the propeller axis inside the stern tube: if wet with water, it increases its volume and makes the environment watertighe
NMEA 0183
Standard of GPS data communication
NMEA 2000
It contains the requirements of a communication network to connect marine electronic devices on ships
North wind
Northerly wind
North-east wind
Wind coming from North-East
November.
Term which represents ‚N‚ in the international phonetic alphabet.
Numerical flag
Trapezoidal flag used to indicate signals, such as numbers or answering pennant


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