statute mile

American  

[stach-oot mahyl, stach-oot] / ˈstætʃ ut ˌmaɪl, ˈstætʃ ʊt /

noun

1. mile.

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statute mile British  

noun

1. a legal or formal name for mile

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Etymology

Origin of statute mile

First recorded in 1860–65

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How does statute-mile compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:

• nautical mile vs. statute mile
• nautical vs. statute mile

Example Sentences

The statute mile is 5280 feet; but that used at sea, termed the mean nautic mile, consists of 6075·6 feet, or 60 to a degree.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

It is equal to 3484.9 English feet, or nearly 2/3 of a statute mile.

From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Hell, Xavier Hommaire de

The other work is a general shaded map of Ireland, on a scale of one inch to the statute mile.

From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)

Toscanelli's mile was nearly equivalent to the English statute mile.

From The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest by Fiske, John

This is also the length of 1⁄8th of the statute mile.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various