international mile
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international mile
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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.
noun international miles
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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)
Similar: statute mile, survey mile
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title = {international mile},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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