car miles

A form of car mile — 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

noun
  1. pluralplural of car mile
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APA

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

MLA

“car miles.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/car%20miles. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “car miles,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/car%20miles.

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