statute mile

[ stach-oot mahyl, stach-oot ]

/ ˈstætʃ ut ˌmaɪl, ˈstætʃ ʊt /

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Origin of statute mile

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby statute mile

status zero, statutable, statute, statute book, statute law, statute mile, statute of limitations, Statute of Westminster, statutory, statutory declaration, statutory law

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How to use statute mile in a sentence

Toscanelli's mile was nearly equivalent to the English statute mile.
The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2)|John Fiske.
A kilometre is 0.621 or nearly five-eighths of a statute mile.
Popular scientific lectures|Ernst Mach
The Survey has also engraved a map of Dublin City on the enormous scale of five feet to a statute mile.
Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry|Thomas Davis
The other work is a general shaded map of Ireland, on a scale of one inch to the statute mile.
Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry|Thomas Davis

A Geographical Mile is one-seventh more than a statute mile.
Journal of a Voyage across the Atlantic|George Moore

British Dictionary definitions for statute mile

statute mile

noun

a legal or formal name for mile (def. 1)

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Scientific definitions for statute mile

statute mile

[ stăch′ōōt ]

See mile.