Pace

(pās.) [Fr. pas.] The space between the two feet of aman in walking, usually reckoned two feet and a half; but the geometrical P., or the whole space pa ed over by the same foot from one step to another, is five feet. The ancient Roman P., the thousandth of a mile, was five feet, or about 58-1 English inches; and hence the Roman mile, or mille pa us, was 1,614 yards, or nearly 150 yards le than the English mile. [s. 676]