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Definition of Mile

1. Noun. A unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters.

2. 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.

3. Noun. A large distance. "He missed by a mile"

4. Noun. A former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters).

5. Noun. A former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile.

6. Noun. An ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards.

7. Noun. A Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km.

8. Noun. A footrace extending one mile. "He holds the record in the mile"

Definition of Mile

1. n. A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.

Definition of Mile

1. a unit of distance [n -S]

Medical Definition of Mile

1. A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet. 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 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. Origin: AS. Mil, fr. L. Millia, milia; pl. Of mille a thousand, i. E, milia passuum a thousand paces. Cf. Mill the tenth of a cent, Million. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mile

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