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Also known as kt, kn, kts, international knot, node
unit of speed
AI overview
A knot is a unit of speed used mainly in maritime and aviation contexts, equal to one nautical mile per hour. It matters because it provides a standardized way to measure how fast ships and aircraft travel across water and air.
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- knot
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- different from
- knot
- measured physical quantity
- speed
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- conversion to SI unit
- 0.5144444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444
- unit symbol
- kn
- Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent
- wd:Q128822 p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?source; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. ?item p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?target; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. BIND(?source / ?target as ?value)
- conversion to standard unit
- 1.852
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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