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International mile

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The present formal value of the mile as precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers, as opposed to other historic or informal values.

    "Near-synonyms: survey mile, statute mile (US)"

  2. 2
    a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters wordnet

Etymology

From its origin as a compromise value at the 1959 conference among the Anglophone nations to establish a unified value for the yard and pound.

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