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The mile, sometimes the international mile or statute mile to distinguish it from other miles, is a British imperial unit and United States customary unit of length; both are based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 English feet, or 1,760 yards. The statute mile was standardised as a unit of length between the Commonwealth of Nations and the United States by an international agreement in 1959, when the yard was formally redefined with respect to SI units as 0.9144??metres, making the mile exactly 1609.344 metres. For everyday use, five miles equates roughly to eight kilometres. Mileage is the term used informally for a distance expressed in miles.

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    The mile, sometimes the international mile or statute mile to distinguish it from other miles, is a British imperial unit and United States customary unit of length; both are based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 English feet, or 1,760 yards. The statute mile was standardised as a unit of length between the Commonwealth of Nations and the United States by an international agreement in 1959, when the yard was formally redefined with respect to SI units as 0.9144??metres, making the mile exactly 1609.344 metres. For everyday use, five miles equates roughly to eight kilometres. Mileage is the term used informally for a distance expressed in miles.

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