geographical mile : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: geographical mile	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for geographical mile
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
geographical mile n a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile Synonym(s): nautical mile, naut mi, mile, mi, geographical mile, Admiralty mile
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Geographic \Ge`ograph"ic\, Geographical \Ge`ograph"ic*al\, a. [L. geographicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. g[82]ographique.] Of or pertaining to geography. {Geographical distribution}. See under {Distribution}. {Geographic latitude} (of a place), the angle included between a line perpendicular or normal to the level surface of water at rest at the place, and the plane of the equator; differing slightly from the geocentric latitude by reason of the difference between the earth's figure and a true sphere. {Geographical mile}. See under {Mile}. {Geographical variation}, any variation of a species which is dependent on climate or other geographical conditions.