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geographical mile

noun

  1. a former name for nautical mile
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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The measure of the hour was the parasang (3/4 of a geographical mile), and the thirtieth part of the parasang was the stadium.

Modern observations attribute to the Ganges a breadth of about three quarters of a geographical mile, or 30 stadia.

A Geographical Mile is one-seventh more than a statute mile.

A statute mile is 1760 yards, and a geographical mile is 2025 yards.

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