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a footrace extending one mile; "he holds the record in the mile" a unit of length equal to 1760 yards a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards a large distance; "he missed by a mile" a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 1828.8 meters (6000 feet) a British unit of length equivalent to 1,853.18 meters (6,082 feet) |
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