mi
1. a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters);
800 feet longer than a statute mile
• Syn:
nautical mile, naut mi, mile, geographical mile, Admiralty mile
• Derivationally related forms:
miler (for: mile)
• Hypernyms:
nautical linear unit
2. a unit of length used in navigation;
exactly 1,852 meters;
historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
• Syn:
nautical mile, mile, naut mi, knot, international nautical mile, air mile
• Derivationally related forms:
miler (for: mile)
• Hypernyms:
nautical linear unit
3. a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet;
exactly 1609.344 meters
• Syn:
mile, statute mile, stat mi, land mile, international mile
• Derivationally related forms:
miler (for: mile)
• Hypernyms:
linear unit, linear measure
• Part Holonyms:
league
• Part Meronyms:
furlong, half mile, 880 yards, quarter mile, 440 yards
4. the syllable naming the third (mediant) note of any major scale in solmization
• Hypernyms:
solfa syllable
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