Definition of Air mile

1. 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.

Exact synonyms: International Nautical Mile, Knot, Mi, Mile, Naut Mi, Nautical Mile
Generic synonyms: Nautical Linear Unit
Derivative terms: Miler

Definition of Air mile

1. Noun. A unit of distance for air transport; equal to a nautical mile. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Air Mile

air kiss
air lane
air lanes
air letter
air letters
air level
air levels
air lift fermenter
air lock
air mail
air marshal
air mattress
air microbiology
air mile (current term)
air navigation
air out
air parcel
air parcels
air photo
air piracy
air pirate
air pirates
air pistol
air pistols
air plant
air plants
air pocket

Literary usage of Air mile

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commission Leaflets by Legal dept, American Telephone and Telegraph Company (1917)
"In the proposed schedule, all arbitrary rates are abandoned and the system is put upon an air mile basis with a rate of 1 cent per air mile for 5 minutes ..."

2. Women Painters of the World: From the Time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to by Walter Shaw Sparrow (1905)
"... her mise-en-page, her draughtsmanship and her colour are in the grand style, and her works one and all have a really masterly air. Mile. ..."

3. The Old Red Sandstone, Or, New Walks in an Old Field: To which is Appended a by Hugh Miller (1892)
"... the entire produce of the district, killed by a mysterious disease, and exhaling a heavy odor of death and decay, that infected the air mile after mile. ..."

4. Due West; Or, Round the World in Ten Months by Maturin Murray Ballou (1885)
"... even a spear of grass or a single tree, the yellow soil quivering in the heated air. Mile after mile was passed without meeting one redeeming feature. ..."

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