knop — meaning in English
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English meaning
- knot noun A fastening made by looping and tightening a piece of string, rope, or similar material.
Senses
knop is used for these senses in English:
- knot A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.
- knot (aviation) A unit of indicated airspeed, calibrated airspeed, or equivalent airspeed, which varies in its relation to the unit of speed so as to compensate for the effects of different ambient atmospheric conditions on aircraft performance.
knot — full definition
- noun A fastening made by looping and tightening a piece of string, rope, or similar material.
- noun A hard, tight lump in a muscle, or a tangled clump of hair.
- noun A unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour, used for ships and aircraft.
- verb To tie something into a knot.