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Mi

A syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale.

Examples :

"In music class, we learned that "do, re, mi" comes before "fa, sol, la, ti" on the major scale. "

Im Musikunterricht lernten wir, dass „do, re, mi“ vor „fa, sol, la, ti“ auf der Dur-Tonleiter kommt.

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Die internationale Meile

The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.

Examples :

"The distance from my house to the school is approximately one mi. "

Die Entfernung von meinem Haus zur Schule beträgt ungefähr eine internationale Meile.

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Meile

Any of several customary units of length derived from the 1593 English statute mile of 8 furlongs, equivalent to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards of various precise values.

Examples :

""The students ran two mi during their physical education class this morning." "

Die Schüler sind heute Morgen während ihres Sportunterrichts zwei Meilen gelaufen.

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Meile

Any of many customary units of length derived from the Roman mile (mille passus) of 8 stades or 5,000 Roman feet.

Examples :

"The ancient Romans often marked distances along their roads using milestones spaced one mi apart. "

Die alten Römer markierten oft Entfernungen entlang ihrer Straßen mit Meilensteinen im Abstand von einer Meile.

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Die skandinavische Meile

The Scandinavian mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 10 kilometers defined in 1889.

Examples :

""The long walk to school was about one mi, or ten kilometers." "

Der lange Weg zur Schule war etwa eine skandinavische Meile, also zehn Kilometer.

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Meile

Any of many customary units of length from other measurement systems of roughly similar values, as the Chinese (里) or Arabic mile (al-mīl).

Examples :

"My grandfather often spoke of traveling many mi on his journeys to the countryside. "

Mein Großvater sprach oft davon, auf seinen Reisen aufs Land viele Meilen zurückgelegt zu haben.

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Meile

(travel) An airline mile in a frequent flier program.

Examples :

"I need 5,000 more mi to get a free flight to visit my family. "

Ich brauche noch 5.000 Meilen, um einen Freiflug zu bekommen, um meine Familie zu besuchen.

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Meile

Any similarly large distance.

Examples :

"The shot missed by a mile."

Der Schuss ging um eine Meile daneben.

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Meilenlauf

A race of 1 mile's length; a race of around 1 mile's length (usually 1500 or 1600 meters)

Examples :

"The runners competed in the mile."

Die Läufer nahmen am Meilenlauf teil.

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Meile pro Stunde

One mile per hour, as a measure of speed.

Examples :

"five miles over the speed limit"

fünf Meilen über der Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung

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