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Category: Angles measured in nautical miles

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The list below is believed complete, though membership — like everything here — is subject to revision.

  • Value of one radian — The doctrinal claim that one radian is 57.30 nautical miles, obtained from 360 ÷ 2π.
  • Whole-radian geometry — Discredited system in which a circle holds 360 radians, a radian is a distance, and a turn is 4π.

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