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plane mile

plane mile noun: a mile travelled by an individual airplane, used as a statistical unit in transport calculations.

Noun

plane mile (plural plane miles)

  1. A mile travelled by an individual airplane, used as a statistical unit in transport calculations.

Forms of plane mile

pluralplane miles

Questions about plane mile

What does plane mile mean?
Plane mile means a mile travelled by an individual airplane, used as a statistical unit in transport calculations.
What part of speech is plane mile?
Plane mile is a noun.
What is the plural of plane mile?
The plural of plane mile is plane miles.

Words near plane mile in the dictionary

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  10. plane of insertion
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