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A league is a unit of length (or, in various regions, area). It was common in Europe and Latin America, but is no longer an official unit in any nation. The word originally meant the distance a person could walk in an hour. Since the Middle Ages, many values have been specified in several countries.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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league | lea | ≡ 3 miles ≡ 15840 feet | ≡4828.032 m | Imperial/US |
leagues | metric miles | leagues | metric miles |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ≈ 3 | 4 | ≈ 12 |
1.5 | ≈ 4.5 | 4.5 | ≈ 13.5 |
2 | ≈ 6 | 5 | ≈ 15 |
2.5 | ≈ 7.5 | 5.5 | ≈ 16.5 |
3 | ≈ 9 | 6 | ≈ 18 |
A metric mile is a distance which approximates one statute mile (1609.344 m) at a round figure of metres (the SI or metric unit of length). The term is most commonly used in track running and swimming.
In track running, the 1500 m race became the standard middle distance race in Europe in the late 19th century, and has been the standard distance in the Olympic Games since 1896. The distance of the race is sometimes referred to as a metric mile.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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metric mile | ≈ 1609.344 m | Metric system Non-SI |
metric miles | leagues | metric miles | leagues |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ≈ 0.33333333333333 | 4 | ≈ 1.3333333333333 |
1.5 | ≈ 0.5 | 4.5 | ≈ 1.5 |
2 | ≈ 0.66666666666667 | 5 | ≈ 1.6666666666667 |
2.5 | ≈ 0.83333333333333 | 5.5 | ≈ 1.8333333333333 |
3 | ≈ 1 | 6 | ≈ 2 |
leagues | metric miles |
---|---|
1 | ≈ 3 |
0.3333333 | ≈ 1 |
Symbol | Definition |
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≡ | exactly equal |
≈ | approximately equal to |
= | equal to |
digits | indicates that digits repeat infinitely (e.g. 8.294 369 corresponds to 8.294 369 369 369 369 …) |