English Explanatory Dictionary

metric mile

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A distance in international athletics (particularly track), the 1500 meter race, being about a mile (~1609 meters).
  2. A distance in international athletics (particularly track), the 1600 meter race, being about a mile (~1609 meters).
  3. In high school track, 4 laps of the standard 400 meter track, 1600 meters.

Word forms

metric mile metric miles

Etymology

From metric + mile. From being a distance measured in S.I. units (metric), in round numbers, that is similar in distance to that of an international mile.

Related words

mile statute mile nautical mile Imperial mile international mile
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