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noun
The mile of 6336⁄3937 kilometers employed by the United States prior to its adoption of the international mile by treaty in the 1950s.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Synonyms: statute mile, international mile
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: land mile, mile
noun
a U.S. unit of measure equal to 1609.347 meters; derived from the use of 39.37 inches as the conversion for one meter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: linear unit, linear measure
History
From its continued use until the 1980s in reference to the US Geological Survey's 1927 geodetic datum.
