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| furlong |
a unit of length equal to one eighth of a mile or 201 meters, used esp. in horse racing. |
| Iditarod |
an annual dogsled race in the U.S. state of Alaska run along a 1,160-mile route between the cities of Anchorage and Nome. |
| kilometer |
a unit of length equal to one thousand meters or 0.621 mile. (abbr.: km) |
| km |
abbreviation of "kilometer," or "kilometers," a unit of length equal to one thousand meters or 0.621 mile. |
| knot1 |
one nautical mile, or about 6,080 feet, per hour. [1/14 definitions] |
| mi. |
abbreviation of "mile," or "miles." |
| mile |
a unit of length equal to 5,280 feet or 1.609 kilometers; statute mile. (abbr.: mi.) [2/3 definitions] |
| mileage |
money for travel allotted at a fixed rate per mile. [1/4 definitions] |
| milepost |
a signpost that indicates the distance in miles to a specified place, or any of a series of posts set at one-mile intervals, as along a highway. |
| miler |
one who competes in races one mile in length, esp. a trained runner. |
| quarter horse |
any of a breed of saddle horses developed for quarter-mile racing and favored for their quickness, strength, and versatility. |
| quarter section |
a unit of area equal to one fourth of a section, one fourth of a square mile, or 160 acres, used in dividing land into square parcels. |
| section |
in the western United States, a unit of area that constitutes one thirty-sixth of the land area of a township; one square mile or 640 acres. [1/9 definitions] |
| Stanislaus |
a sixty-five mile long river in California. [1/2 definitions] |
| statute mile |
see "mile." |
| verst |
a Russian unit of length equivalent to 3,500 feet or about two-thirds of a mile (1.067 kilometers). |
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