metric mile

Meaning

Noun

• A distance in international athletics (particularly track), the 1500 meter race, being about a mile (~1609 meters).
• A distance in international athletics (particularly track), the 1600 meter race, being about a mile (~1609 meters).
• In high school track, 4 laps of the standard 400 meter track, 1600 meters.

Origin

• metric + mile. From being a distance measured in S.I. units (metric), in round numbers, that is similar in distance to that of an international mile.