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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Mile \Mile\ (m[imac]l), 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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Geographical mile 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.
[1913 Webster]
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) 2.0 : [ wn ]
Roman mile
n : an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
[syn: mile]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Roman mile
n.
An ancient Roman unit of itinerant distance of 1000 paces ((m la
mille passus), hence also "mile" from Latin ''mille'',
"1000"). Indirectly standardized to 5000 Roman foot by Agrippa
in 29 BC. In modern times, Agrippa's Imperial Roman mile is empirically
estimated to have been around 1481 meters (1620 yards, 4860 English
feet, 0.92 English miles); compared with a modern mile, which is 5280
feet.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
Roman mile
n.
An ancient Roman unit of itinerant distance of 1000 paces ((m la
mille passus), hence also "mile" from Latin ''mille'',
"1000"). Indirectly standardized to 5000 Roman foot by Agrippa
in 29 BC. In modern times, Agrippa's Imperial Roman mile is empirically
estimated to have been around 1481 meters (1620 yards, 4860 English
feet, 0.92 English miles); compared with a modern mile, which is 5280
feet.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
Roman mile
n.
An ancient Roman unit of itinerant distance of 1000 paces ((m la
mille passus), hence also "mile" from Latin ''mille'',
"1000"). Indirectly standardized to 5000 Roman foot by Agrippa
in 29 BC. In modern times, Agrippa's Imperial Roman mile is empirically
estimated to have been around 1481 meters (1620 yards, 4860 English
feet, 0.92 English miles); compared with a modern mile, which is 5280
feet.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
Roman mile
n.
An ancient Roman unit of itinerant distance of 1000 paces ((m la
mille passus), hence also "mile" from Latin ''mille'',
"1000"). Indirectly standardized to 5000 Roman foot by Agrippa
in 29 BC. In modern times, Agrippa's Imperial Roman mile is empirically
estimated to have been around 1481 meters (1620 yards, 4860 English
feet, 0.92 English miles); compared with a modern mile, which is 5280
feet.
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
Roman mile /ɹˈəʊmən mˈaɪl/
roomalainen maili
Roman unit of length
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