From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Geographic \Ge`o*graph"ic\, Geographical \Ge`o*graph"ic*al\, a.
[L. geographicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. g['e]ographique.]
Of or pertaining to geography.
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{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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mile \Mile\ (m[imac]l), n. [AS. m[imac]l, fr. L. millia, milia;
pl. of mille a thousand, i. e., milia passuum a thousand
paces. Cf. {Mill} the tenth of a cent, {Million}.]
A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England
and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.
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Note: The distance called a mile varies greatly in different
countries. Its length in yards is, in Norway, 12,182;
in Brunswick, 11,816; in Sweden, 11,660; in Hungary,
9,139; in Switzerland, 8,548; in Austria, 8,297; in
Prussia, 8,238; in Poland, 8,100; in Italy, 2,025; in
England and the United States, 1,760; in Spain, 1,552;
in the Netherlands, 1,094.
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{Geographical mile} or {Nautical mile}, one sixtieth of a
degree of a great circle of the earth, or 6080.27 feet.
{Mile run}. Same as {Train mile}. See under {Train}.
{Roman mile}, a thousand paces, equal to 1,614 yards English
measure.
{Statute mile}, a mile conforming to statute, that is, in
England and the United States, a mile of 5,280 feet, as
distinguished from any other mile.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
geographical mile
n 1: a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet
(1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile
[syn: {nautical mile}, {naut mi}, {mile}, {mi},
{geographical mile}, {Admiralty mile}]
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