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Definitions for: Mile
[n] a footrace extending one mile; "he holds the record in the mile"
[n] a unit of length equal to 1760 yards
[n] a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
[n] an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
[n] a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters
[n] a British unit of length equivalent to 1,853.18 meters (6,082 feet)
[n] a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 1828.8 meters (6000 feet)
[n] a large distance; "he missed by a mile"
Webster (1913) Definition: Mile, n. [AS. m[=i]l, fr. L. millia, milia; pl. of mille
a thousand, i. e., milia passuum a thousand paces. Cf. Mill
the tenth of a cent, Million.]
A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England
and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.
Note: The distance called a mile varies greatly in different
countries. Its length in yards is, in Norway, 12,182;
in Brunswick, 11,816; in Sweden, 11,660; in Hungary,
9,139; in Switzerland, 8,548; in Austria, 8,297; in
Prussia, 8,238; in Poland, 8,100; in Italy, 2,025; in
England and the United States, 1,760; in Spain, 1,552;
in the Netherlands, 1,094.
Geographical, or Nautical mile, one sixtieth of a degree
of a great circle of the earth, or 6080.27 feet.
Mile run. Same as Train mile. See under Train.
Roman mile, a thousand paces, equal to 1,614 yards English
measure.
Statute mile, a mile conforming to statute, that is, in
England and the United States, a mile of 5,280 feet, as
distinguished from any other mile.
Synonyms: Admiralty mile, air mile, geographical mile, international nautical mile, knot, land mile, mi, naut mi, nautical mile, Roman mile, sea mile, stat mi, statute mile, Swedish mile
See Also: 440 yards, 880 yards, furlong, half mile, large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity, league, linear unit, nautical linear unit, quarter mile, track event
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