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noun
The present formal value of the mile as precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers, as opposed to other historic or informal values.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: units-of-measure
Synonyms: statute mile, survey mile
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: land mile, mile
noun
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: mile, statute mile, stat mi, land mile, mi
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: linear unit, linear measure
History
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.
