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Definition of "cable length" []

  • Nautical A unit of length equal to 720 feet (220 meters) in the United States and 608 feet (185 meters) in England. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "cable length" in a sentence
  • "Slowly Altmark lost way and started to walldw gently while the Graf Spee manoeuvred to within a cable length and stopped."
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