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I would not label the nautical mile as "imperial". It was based on mathematical properties of the planet:
> Historically, it was defined as one minute (1/60 of a degree) of latitude.
Just like the metre originally was:
> The metre was originally defined as 1⁄10,000,000 of the meridian arc from the North pole to the equator passing through Dunkirk.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautical_mile
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I would not label the nautical mile as "imperial". It was based on mathematical properties of the planet:
> Historically, it was defined as one minute (1/60 of a degree) of latitude.
Just like the metre originally was:
> The metre was originally defined as 1⁄10,000,000 of the meridian arc from the North pole to the equator passing through Dunkirk.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautical_mile