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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Mile

/(mīl)/ · IPA /maɪ̯l/
01 n. A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.
  1. 1.
    A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.
Phrases & compounds
Geographical 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.