car mile

noun

A mile travelled by a single railway car, taken as a unit of computation, as in computing the average travel of each car of a system during a given period.

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Meanings

nouncar mile (plural car miles)

plural car miles

  1. rail transportA mile travelled by a single railway car, taken as a unit of computation, as in computing the average travel of each car of a system during a given period.
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APA

car mile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/car%20mile

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Chicago

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