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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mile  \Mile\,  n.  [AS.  m[=i]l,  fr  L.  millia,  milia;  pl  of  mille 
  a  thousand,  i.  e.,  milia  passuum  a  thousand  paces.  Cf  {Mill} 
  the  tenth  of  a  cent,  {Million}.] 
  A  certain  measure  of  distance,  being  equivalent  in  England 
  and  the  United  States  to  320  poles  or  rods,  or  5,280  feet. 
 
  Note:  The  distance  called  a  mile  varies  greatly  in  different 
  countries.  Its  length  in  yards  is  in  Norway,  12,182; 
  in  Brunswick,  11,816;  in  Sweden,  11,660;  in  Hungary, 
  9,139;  in  Switzerland,  8,548;  in  Austria,  8,297;  in 
  Prussia,  8,238;  in  Poland,  8,100;  in  Italy,  2,025;  in 
  England  and  the  United  States,  1,760;  in  Spain,  1,552; 
  in  the  Netherlands,  1,094. 
 
  {Geographical},  or  {Nautical  mile},  one  sixtieth  of  a  degree 
  of  a  great  circle  of  the  earth,  or  6080.27  feet. 
 
  {Mile  run}.  Same  as  {Train  mile}.  See  under  {Train}. 
 
  {Roman  mile},  a  thousand  paces,  equal  to  1,614  yards  English 
  measure. 
 
  {Statute  mile},  a  mile  conforming  to  statute,  that  is  in 
  England  and  the  United  States,  a  mile  of  5,280  feet,  as 
  distinguished  from  any  other  mile. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mile 
  n  1:  a  unit  of  length  equal  to  1760  yards  [syn:  {statute  mile},  {stat 
  mi},  {land  mile},  {mi}] 
  2:  a  unit  of  length  used  in  navigation;  equivalent  to  the 
  distance  spanned  by  one  second  of  arc  in  latitude;  1,852 
  meters  [syn:  {nautical  mile},  {mi},  {naut  mi},  {knot},  {international 
  nautical  mile},  {air  mile}] 
  3:  a  large  distance;  "he  missed  by  a  mile" 
  4:  a  former  British  unit  of  length  once  used  in  navigation; 
  equivalent  to  1828.8  meters  (6000  feet)  [syn:  {sea  mile}] 
  5:  a  British  unit  of  length  equivalent  to  1,853.18  meters 
  (6,082  feet)  [syn:  {nautical  mile},  {naut  mi},  {mi},  {geographical 
  mile},  {Admiralty  mile}] 
  6:  an  ancient  Roman  unit  of  length  equivalent  to  1620  yards 
  [syn:  {Roman  mile}] 
  7:  a  Swedish  unit  of  length  equivalent  to  10  km  [syn:  {Swedish 
  mile}] 
  8:  a  footrace  extending  one  mile;  "he  holds  the  record  in  the 
  mile" 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Mile 
  (from  Lat.  mille,  "a  thousand;"  Matt.  5:41),  a  Roman  measure  of 
  1,000  paces  of  5  feet  each  Thus  the  Roman  mile  has  1618  yards, 
  being  142  yards  shorter  than  the  English  mile.




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