Definisjon av mile på Engelsk

WordNet

Noun
mile - a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
		statute mile, stat mi, land mile, international mile, mi
		linear measure, linear unit a unit of measurement of length
		league an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
		furlong
		880 yards, half mile a unit of length equal to half of 1 mile
mile - a footrace extending one mile; "he holds the record in the mile"
		track event a footrace performed on a track (indoor or outdoor)
mile - a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
		mil, Swedish mile
		linear measure, linear unit a unit of measurement of length
mile - an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
		Roman mile
		linear measure, linear unit a unit of measurement of length
mile - a large distance; "he missed by a mile"
mile - a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
		nautical mile, mi, naut mi, knot, international nautical mile, air mile
		nautical linear unit a linear unit of distance used in navigation
mile - a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)
		sea mile
		nautical linear unit a linear unit of distance used in navigation

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Substantiv
mile - A unit of measure length or distance equal to 5,280 feet 8 furlongs in the U. S. Customary/Imperial system of measurements. One mile is equal to 1. 609344 km.
mile - A Roman unit of measure equal to 1000 double steps mille passus or mille passuum or 5000 Roman feet approx. 1480m.
mile - A track race of one mile in length; sometimes used to refer to the 1500m race.
mile - A great distance.
mile - One mile per hour, as a measure of speed.

A mile is a unit of length in a number of different systems. In contemporary English, a mile most commonly refers to the statute mile of 5,280 feet, the survey mile of 5,280 survey feet (1,609.3472 metres) or the nautical mile of 1,852 metres (6,076.12 ft). It is about a third of the old measurement, the league.

mile
A unit of length used by several systems equal to 5,280 feet, with symbol "m".