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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Nautical \Nau"tic*al\, a. [L. nauticus, Gr. naytiko`s, fr.
nay`ths a seaman, sailor, fr. nay^s ship: cf. F. nautique.
See Nave of a church.]
Of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or to
ships; as, nautical skill.
Syn: Naval; marine; maritime. See Naval.
Nautical almanac. See under Almanac.
Nautical distance, the length in nautical miles of the
rhumb line joining any two places on the earth's surface.
nautical mile. See under Mile.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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