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)
- (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.
Alternative forms
- (US) statute mile
- U.S. survey mile, US survey mile
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