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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)