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survey mile

survey mile noun: the mile of ⁶³³⁶⁄₃₉₃₇ kilometers employed by the United States prior to its adoption of the international mile by treaty in the 1950s.

Noun

survey mile (plural survey miles)

  1. (US) The mile of ⁶³³⁶⁄₃₉₃₇ kilometers employed by the United States prior to its adoption of the international mile by treaty in the 1950s.
    • Near-synonyms: international mile, statute mile (UK)

Synonyms of survey mile

Forms of survey mile

pluralsurvey miles

Origin of survey mile

From its continued use until the 1980s in reference to the US Geological Survey's 1927 geodetic datum.

Questions about survey mile

What does survey mile mean?
Survey mile means the mile of ⁶³³⁶⁄₃₉₃₇ kilometers employed by the United States prior to its adoption of the international mile by treaty in the 1950s.
What part of speech is survey mile?
Survey mile is a noun.
What is the plural of survey mile?
The plural of survey mile is survey miles.

Words near survey mile in the dictionary

  1. survenes
  2. survening
  3. survey
  4. survey meter
  5. survey meters
  6. survey mile
  7. survey miles
  8. survey monument
  9. survey monuments
  10. surveyability
  11. surveyable

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