# metric mile

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A distance in international athletics (particularly track), the 1500 meter race, being about a mile (~1609 meters).
2. A distance in international athletics (particularly track), the 1600 meter race, being about a mile (~1609 meters).
3. In high school track, 4 laps of the standard 400 meter track, 1600 meters.

## Etymology
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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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