Usually means: Unit of length, approximately 6087 feet.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. geographical mile: Merriam-Webster
  2. geographical mile: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. geographical mile: Collins English Dictionary
  4. geographical mile: Vocabulary.com
  5. geographical mile: Wordnik
  6. Geographical mile, geographical mile: Dictionary.com
  7. Geographical mile: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. geographical mile: Rhymezone
  9. geographical mile: FreeDictionary.org
  10. geographical mile: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. geographical mile: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. geographical mile: Wiktionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. geographical mile: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (geographical mile)

noun:  A unit of length corresponding to exactly one minute of arc (1/60 degree) along the Earth's equator, about 1855.4 meters, 2029.1 yards, or roughly 8/7 miles.
noun:  (now inexact) Synonym of nautical mile, exactly 1,852 meters.


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