About The Word Mile
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Mile
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What's The Definition Of 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Mile: 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 Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 Mile In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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