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nouna unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitudetype of:
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nouna unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
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nouna Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
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nouna former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute miletype of:
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nounan ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
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nouna former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)
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nouna footrace extending one miletype of:
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nouna large distance
Examples of mile
- "he holds the record in the mile"
- "he missed by a mile"