English Explanatory Dictionary

international mile

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The present formal value of the mile as precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers, as opposed to other historic or informal values.

Word forms

international mile international miles

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

statute mile survey mile
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