metric mile
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From metric + mile. From being a distance measured in S.I. units (metric), in round numbers, that is similar in distance to that of an international mile.
Noun
[edit]metric mile (plural metric miles)
- A distance in international athletics (particularly track), the 1500 meter race, being about a mile (~1609 meters).
- A distance in international athletics (particularly track), the 1600 meter race, being about a mile (~1609 meters).
- (US) In high school track, 4 laps of the standard 400 meter track, 1600 meters.
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (1600m): 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 3000m, 5000m, 10000m, 15000m
- (1500m): 100m, 200m, 500m, 1000m, 2000m, 5000m, 10000m, 15000m
- (metric analog of a mile) kilometre / kilometer / km / klick