survey mile

English

Etymology

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

Noun

survey mile (plural survey miles)

  2. (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.
    Synonym: statute mile (US)
    Hypernyms: land mile < mile
    Coordinate terms: geographical mile, nautical mile, sea mile
    Near-synonyms: international mile, statute mile (UK)
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