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class=919034012-27042009><FONT face=Arial>Noel wrote: </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><SPAN class=919034012-27042009> > </SPAN>Sexaginta, Latin
for sixty (as noun), or sexagimal (as ajective) might offer some
possibilities. -Noel<SPAN class=919034012-27042009> </SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN class=919034012-27042009>I don't think so. </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=919034012-27042009>Greek numbers are multiplied with. For
example hekto-, kilo-, mega-, ... </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=919034012-27042009>Latin numbers are divided by. For
example deci-, centi-, milli-, ... </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=919034012-27042009>At least, I think that's the original
rule. </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=919034012-27042009></SPAN> </P>
<P><SPAN class=919034012-27042009>So, a "sexaginautical mile" ought be 1/60
nautical mile (or about a second of arc distance). </SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN class=919034012-27042009>Anyway, "exçntanautical mile" is a rather
horrible phrase, and I don't think many </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=919034012-27042009>people know that exçnta means 60 </SPAN><SPAN
class=919034012-27042009>in Greek (I didn't either, until I googled it).
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<P><SPAN class=919034012-27042009>But thanks for the suggestion,</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=919034012-27042009> Mikael </SPAN></P>
<P><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "Mikael Rittri"
<Mikael.Rittri@carmenta.com><BR>To: proj@lists.maptools.org<BR>Sent:
Monday, April 27, 2009 6:12:18 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central<BR>Subject:
[Proj] Terminology: what should I call 60 nautical miles?<BR><BR>Hello,<BR>I
would like a term for the length unit that is 60 nautical miles.
<BR><BR>This length unit would approximate one degree of <BR>arc distance,
in the same way as one nautical mile <BR>approximates one minute of arc
distance.<BR><BR>I have thought of the phrase "degree of arc distance"
<BR>(which I think agrees, more or less, with how Snyder uses this
phrase)<BR>but some of my colleagues dislike it. <BR><BR>I have also thought of
the phrase "exçntanautical mile",<BR>from Greek "exçnta" = 60, but...
<BR><BR>--<BR>Mikael Rittri<BR>Carmenta
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