Found 3 items, similar to Mile.
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Definition: mile
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: mile
mile
n 1: a unit of length equal to 1760 yards [syn:
statute mile,
stat mi
,
land mile,
mi]
2: a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the
distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852
meters [syn:
nautical mile,
mi,
naut mi,
knot,
international nautical mile
,
air mile]
3: a large distance;
“he missed by a mile”
4: a former British unit of length once used in navigation;
equivalent to 1828.8 meters (6000 feet) [syn:
sea mile]
5: a British unit of length equivalent to 1,853.18 meters
(6,082 feet) [syn:
nautical mile,
naut mi,
mi,
geographical mile
,
Admiralty mile]
6: an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
[syn:
Roman mile]
7: a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km [syn:
Swedish mile
]
8: a footrace extending one mile;
“he holds the record in the
mile”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Mile
Mile
\Mile\ (m[imac]l), 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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Geographical mile 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.
[1913 Webster]