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survey mile

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.34 in modern English

Syllables
sur-vey mile
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

American usage

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

survey miles (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

geographical mile nautical mile sea mile

Synonyms

statute mile international mile

Questions

What does survey mile mean?
The mile of ⁶³³⁶⁄₃₉₃₇ kilometers employed by the United States prior to its adoption of the international mile by treaty in the 1950s.
Where does survey mile come from?
From its continued use until the 1980s in reference to the US Geological Survey's 1927 geodetic datum.

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