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Furlong (fur) - traditional length unit
Furlong is an Imperial/US customary unit historically used in surveying and still common in horse racing. Used as one-eighth of a mile and equal to ten chains.
- Symbol: fur (also seen as f)
- System: Imperial/US customary
- Exact relations: 1 fur = 220 yd = 660 ft = 10 chains = 40 rods = 1/8 mi
- Metric equivalents: 1 fur = 201.168 m = 0.201168 km (exact)
- Typical examples: flat horse races (e.g., 5f, 6f, 7f); historical field/survey lengths
Mile (mi) — Imperial/US statute mile defined exactly as 1,609.344 meters
Standard for road distances in the US and UK. Historically derived from Roman measures, now metrically fixed for conversion.
- Symbol: mi
- System: Imperial/US customary
- Exact relations: 1 mi = 1,609.344 m = 1.609344 km (exact)
- Other relations: 1 mi = 5,280 ft = 1,760 yd
- Typical examples: highway signage, race distances (marathon ≈ 26.219 mi)