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Also known as mi, miles, mi., m, m.

The mile, sometimes the international mile or statute mile to distinguish it from other miles, is a British imperial unit and United States customary unit of length; both are based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 English feet, or 1,760 yards. The statute mile was standardised as a unit of length between the Commonwealth of Nations and the United States by an international agreement in 1959, when the yard was formally redefined with respect to SI units as 0.9144metres, making the mile exactly (). For everyday use, five miles equates roughly to eight kilometres. Mileage is the

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A mile is a unit of distance used primarily in the United States and some Commonwealth countries, defined as 5,280 feet or about 1.6 kilometers. It matters because it's the standard measure for distance in daily life in these countries, used for everything from speed limits to travel planning.

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Key facts

Unit.name
Mile
Unit.image
Milestone, Knightsbridge, London - geograph.org.uk - 1590514.jpg
Unit.caption
A milestone in the City of Westminster showing the distance from Kensington Road to Hounslow and Hyde Park Corner in miles
Unit.standard
British imperial/US customary
Unit.quantity
length
Unit.symbol
mi. or mi
Unit.symbol2
(rarely) m
Unit.units1
SI units
Unit.units2
imperial/US units
Unit.units3
US survey mile
Unit.inunits3
 survey mile
Unit.units4
nautical units
Unit.inunits4
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Image
Thimphu and Watsa milestone.jpg
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unit symbol
mil
conversion to SI unit
1609.344
conversion to standard unit
0.2894737
measured physical quantity
length
different from
Mell
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