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Definition of Half mile
1. Noun. A unit of length equal to half of 1 mile.
Generic synonyms: Linear Measure, Linear Unit
Group relationships: International Mile, Land Mile, Mi, Mile, Stat Mi, Statute Mile
Lexicographical Neighbors of Half Mile
Literary usage of Half mile
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1904)
"Spheroidal weathering of the diabase exposed beside the Page Mill road, one-half
mile east of the summit, x yj- Photo, by R. Arnold. ing the white feldspars ..."
2. The Horse by William Youatt, John Stuart Skinner (1843)
"were well laid into D., and the struggle was desperate ; Dutchman hung upon
Rattler's quarter, and gradually gained to ths half-mile post, when they were ..."
3. The Daring Adventures of Kit Carson and Fremont, Among Buffaloes, Grizzlies by John Charles Frémont (1888)
"That portion of its course which is occupied by Grand island has aii average
breadth, from shore to shore, of two and a half mile». OCTOBER. 1st. ..."
4. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1864)
"But the time here recorded gives 1 minute 46 seconds for the mile, or 53 seconds
for the half-mile, which is about the time that our best-run races in the ..."
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