(UK) The mile of 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards, distinguished from the traditional mile of 5,000 feet employed before the 1593 Weights and Measures Act.
(UK) The mile of 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards, distinguished from the traditional mile of 5,000 feet employed before the 1593 Weights and Measures Act.
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A unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile (220 yards, or 201.168 metres), now mainly used in measuring distances in farmland and horse racing.
A distance in international athletics (particularly track), the 1500 meter race, being about a mile (~1609 meters).
A distance in international athletics (particularly track), the 1600 meter race, being about a mile (~1609 meters).
(US) The US survey mile, distinguished from the international mile adopted by treaty in the 1950s.
The land mile in its various forms, distinguished from the nautical mile.