Prefix: mis- misNoun: mi mee
- A unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
"The marathon race is approximately 26.2 stat mi long";
- mile, statute mile, stat mi, land mile, international mile, ml
- A former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile
- nautical mile, naut mi, mile, geographical mile, Admiralty mile
- A unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
"The pilot calculated the flight distance in international naut mis";
- nautical mile, mile, naut mi, international nautical mile, air mile
- The syllable naming the third (mediant) note of any major scale in solmization
"The children practised singing 'do-re-mi' in their music class"
Type of: linear measure, linear unit, nautical linear unit, solfa syllable
Part of: league
Encyclopedia: Mi, Shandong