Mile (?), n. [AS. mīl, 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.
&fist; 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.
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