SURVEY MILE

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A U.S. unit of measure equal to 1609.347 meters; derived from the use of 39.37 inches as the conversion for one meter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("survey mile" is a kind of...):

linear measure; linear unit (a unit of measurement of length)

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