Originally: the Roman unit of distance of 1000 paces (mīlle passus or passuum), reckoned to have been about 1618 yards (approx. 1479 metres)…
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| 释义 | the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > stadium (ancient Greek or Roman unit) > ancient Roman units (5) mileeOE Originally: the Roman unit of distance of 1000 paces (mīlle passus or passuum), reckoned to have been about 1618 yards (approx. 1479 metres)… actusa1398 A Roman linear measure of land, equal to 120 Roman feet (approx. 116.5 English feet or 35.5 metres). Also: a measure of land area equivalent to one… Roman foot1538 the Roman unit of length of a pes, generally taken as equal to about 11.7 inches (approx. 296 millimetres). Roman mile1627 the Roman unit of distance of 1000 paces, reckoned to have been about 1618 yards (approx. 1479 m); cf. mile, n.1 1a. sextula1656 A measure of length, esp. one equal to one sixth of a Roman inch (uncia). |
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