Mile
a measure of length or distance in use in the United States and almost all European countries. The English statute mile, in use in the United States, contains 8 furlongs, of 320 poles, or 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; in surveying it measures 80 chains. A geographical mile is 6,075 feet (nearly), or 1.15 statute miles. A square mile is 6,400 square chains, or 640 acres. The English statute mile = 1,609.3148 French mètres. A league is 3 miles. The nautical mile is 2,028 yards, or 1,014 fathoms. The Irish mile is 2,240 yards, or 1.273 English mile. The German short mile is = 3.897 English miles. The German long mile = 5.753 English miles.
See METRIC SYSTEM.