statute mile

NOUN
  1. a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
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How To Use statute mile In A Sentence

  • And since a law is also called a statute, thus we have the statute mile.
  • A unit of speed, one nautical mile per hour , approximately 1.85 kilometers ( 1.15 statute miles ) per hour.
  • An interim report issued at year end concluded that the new design would exceed the B-17 and B-24 in every category, with the range to attack the homeland from Wake Island, almost 2,000 statute miles away. Whirlwind
  • MESSENGER performed a successful Earth swingby a year after launch, on 2 August 2005, with the closest approach at 19:13 UTC at an altitude of 2,347 kilometers 1,458 statute miles over central Mongolia. Get Your Geek On, Space Nuts « Whatever
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