Meanings
plural international miles
- units of measureThe present formal value of the mile as precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers, as opposed to other historic or informal values.
Near-synonyms: survey mile, statute mile (US)
Synonyms: statute mile, survey mile, statute mile
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe present formal value of the mile as precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers, as opposed to other historic or informal values.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From its origin as a compromise value at the 1959 conference among the Anglophone nations to establish a unified value for the yard and pound.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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