Mile

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  • noun. A unit of length equal to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards (1,609 meters), used in the United States and other English-speaking countries.
  • noun. A nautical mile.
  • noun. An air mile.
  • noun. A race that is one mile long.
  • noun. A relatively great distance.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • A contraction of Mademoiselle.
  • noun. An itinerary measure, modified from that of the Romans, which was equal to 1,617 English yards: used in the British empire, in the United States, and, formerly, in most European countries.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.
  • noun. one sixtieth of a degree of a great circle of the earth, or 6080.27 feet.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Same as Train mile. See under Train.
  • noun. a thousand paces, equal to 1,614 yards English measure.
  • noun. 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A Roman unit of measure equal to 1000 (double) steps (mille passus or mille passuum) or 5000 Roman feet (approx. 1480m).
  • noun. A track race of one mile in length; sometimes used to refer to the 1500m race.
  • noun. A great distance.
  • noun. One mile per hour, as a measure of speed.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
  • noun. a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
  • noun. a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)
  • noun. a large distance
  • noun. an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
  • noun. a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile
  • noun. a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
  • noun. a footrace extending one mile
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