Statute mile

Meaning

Noun

●

In British English:

The

of 5,280

or 1,760

,

from the

of 5,000

before the 1593 Weights and Measures Act.

●

In American English & Units of measure:

The US

,

from the

international mile

by

in the 1950s.

●

The

in its various

,

from the

.

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