"metric mile" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: metric miles [plural]
Etymology: metric + mile. From being a distance measured in S.I. units (metric), in round numbers, that is similar in distance to that of an international mile. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|metric|mile}} metric + mile Head templates: {{en-noun}} metric mile (plural metric miles)
  1. A distance in international athletics (particularly track), the 1500 meter race, being about a mile (~1609 meters).
    Sense id: en-metric_mile-en-noun-gTYZ2bFE
  2. A distance in international athletics (particularly track), the 1600 meter race, being about a mile (~1609 meters).
    Sense id: en-metric_mile-en-noun-mgn2rtMZ
  3. (US) In high school track, 4 laps of the standard 400 meter track, 1600 meters. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-metric_mile-en-noun-LYjRJlTU Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 22 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mile, statute mile, nautical mile, Imperial mile, international mile
Coordinate_terms: 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 3000m, 5000m, 10000m, 15000m, 500m, 1000m, 2000m Coordinate_terms (metric analog of a mile): kilometre, kilometer, km, klick Disambiguation of 'metric analog of a mile': 49 49 2

Inflected forms

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