Defenition of the word mile
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Defenition of the word mile
- A unit of length used by several systems equal to 5,280 feet, with symbol "m".
- a footrace extending one mile; "he holds the record in the mile"
- a large distance; "he missed by a mile"
- an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
- a unit of length equal to 1760 yards
- a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
- a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one second of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters
- a British unit of length equivalent to 1,853.18 meters (6,082 feet)
- a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 1828.8 meters (6000 feet)
- a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters
- a footrace extending one mile
- a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
- a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
- a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile
- a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)
- a large distance
Synonyms for the word mile
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- Admiralty mile
- air mile
- geographical mile
- international nautical mile
- knot
- land mile
- mi
- naut mi
- nautical mile
- Roman mile
- sea mile
- stat mi
- statute mile
- Swedish mile
Meronymys for the word mile
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- 440 yards
- 880 yards
- furlong
- half mile
- league
- quarter mile
Hypernyms for the word mile
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- large indefinite amount
- large indefinite quantity
- linear measure
- linear unit
- nautical linear unit
- track event
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