Found 3 items, similar to mile.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: mile mil
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]