Mile to Yard Converter

Mile

The mile (symbol: mi) is a British imperial unit and United States customary unit of distance; both are based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 English feet, or 1,760 yards. The U.S. survey mile is 5,280 U.S. survey feet, or 1,609.347 meters.

Definition of a mile: One mile is equal to exactly 1,609.344 meters.

In English language, a country mile is used colloquially to denote a very long distance. There are several idioms referring to mile, such as; to go the extra mile (to put in extra effort), miles away (lost in thought, or daydreaming) and milestone (an event indicating significant progress).

Yard

The yard (symbol: yd) is a unit of length in the British imperial and US customary systems of measurement. One yard is equal to 3 feet or 36 inches. Since 1959, yard has been standardized as exactly 0.9144 meter. A distance of 1,760 yards is equal to 1 mile.

The yard is used as the standard unit of field-length measurement in American, Canadian and association football, cricket pitch dimensions (22yd), and in some countries, golf fairway measurements. In some parts of India, square yard is used as the unit of area - especially for plots of land. The yard, subdivided into eighths, is used for the purchase of fabrics in the United States and United Kingdom. Sometimes, the square yard (unit of area) and the cubic yard (unit of volume) are both referred to as 'yards'.

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