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单词 passenger mile
释义

passenger mile

or pas·sen·ger-mile


noun

a unit of measurement, consisting of one mile traveled by a passenger, that airlines, railroads, and other public transportation facilities use in recording volume of traffic.

Origin of passenger mile

First recorded in 1900–05

OTHER WORDS FROM passenger mile

passenger mileage, noun

Words nearby passenger mile

passed pawn, passel, passement, passementerie, passenger, passenger mile, passenger pigeon, passe-partout, passepied, passer, passerby
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Example sentences from the Web for passenger mile

  • A passenger-mile, as we know already, is one of the units in estimating the traffic revenue of a railroad.

    The Railroad Problem|Edward Hungerford
  • The passenger-mile—representing the progress of one train over one mile of track—is the unit of that form of traffic.

    The Railroad Problem|Edward Hungerford
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